Research Professor Philip Altbach听discusses the awakening of Indian universities to the challenges of the 21st century in and assesses the country鈥檚 strategies for transforming its universities in an op-ed in听 Altbach and Professor听and听Center for International Higher Education Director Hans de Wit write about the sudden rise in nationalism and populism in many countries and the resulting implications for higher education in
Professor David Blustein received the National Career Development Association鈥檚 highest honor, the Eminent Career Award, for outstanding service to career development through contributions to theory, practice, leadership, and scholarship.听Read more in 情色空间 News 禄
Professor Maria Brisk coordinated the 45th Annual International Systemic Function Congress at the Lynch School in July. The event鈥攁 gathering of linguistics, sociology, and anthropology scholars as well as college, high school, and K鈥�8 educators from around the world鈥攚as last hosted in the US in 1983.听Read more in 情色空间 News 禄
Julia DeVoy,听Ph.D. 鈥�06听(Applied Development and Educational Psychology), was named associate dean of undergraduate students in the Lynch School. DeVoy was selected as the Global Opportunities and Threats: Oxford University awardee for research addressing complex issues of fresh water scarcity using stochastic network modeling technology in 2018.
Professor Hans de Wit, director of the听Center for International Higher Education,听is co-author of a perspective on the initiative of the Indian government to attract 200,000 international students to Indian university campuses by 2023. de Wit听also wrote about the evolution of international student flows over the past decade, and assesses important trends, in a piece for听
Anderson J. Franklin, the听Honorable David S. Nelson Professor of Psychology and Education, delivered a keynote address at Nelson Mandela University鈥檚 colloquium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The event was held in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Mandela鈥檚 birth. Read more in听情色空间 News 禄
Augustus Long Professor Janet E. Helms, director of the听Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture, received the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Lifetime Mentorship Award听from the American Psychological Association for her contributions to the promotion of ethnic minority issues. Read more in 情色空间 News 禄 Helms is also among influential psychologists asked to identify critical questions the discipline must answer in a cover story for the American Psychological Association鈥檚 magazine,听
Professor Maureen Kenny received the Scientific Award at the听Healthier Societies Fostering Healthy Organization conference at the University of Florence in August and September 2018.
Professor Larry Ludlow co-authored two articles in CBE鈥擫ife Sciences Education with Todd Reeves, Ph.D. 鈥�14 (Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation): 鈥�: Functional Genomics Research in an Introductory Laboratory Course鈥� and 鈥� Convergent and Divergent Findings in the Cross-Institutional Evaluation of Graduate Teaching Assistant Professional Development Programs,鈥� both in spring 2018. Ludlow also co-authored 鈥淭he Development and Psychometric Validation of the Ethical Awareness Scale鈥� in the and 鈥淭he Child Adolescent Bullying Scale (CABS): Psychometric Evaluation of a New Measure鈥� in , March 2018.
Former Lynch School Dean and Professor Joseph O鈥橩eefe, S.J., received the 2018 President鈥檚 Award from the National Catholic Educational Association in October. He is a fellow in the Center for Catholic School Leadership and Faith-Based Education and a scholar-in-residence in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University, where he also serves as rector of Ciszek Hall and the community for young Jesuits in formation studies.
Assistant Professor Gabrielle Oliveira听provides a perspective on the consequences of maternal migration, based on more than three years of ethnographic research, in her book,听Motherhood across Borders: Immigrants and Their Children in Mexico and New York (NYU Press, 2018).
The Council on Anthropology and Education selected Assistant Professors Gabrielle Oliveira and Jon Wargo听as听Concha Delgado Gait谩n Presidential Fellows, an early-career honor bestowed on scholars to support their professional development. Read more in听情色空间 News 禄
Associate Dean Ana M. Martinez Alem谩n, Associate Professor Heather Rowan-Kenyon, and Mandy Savitz-Romer, Ph.D. 鈥�04 (Higher Education), co-authored Technology and Engagement: Making Technology Work for First Generation College Students听(Rutgers University Press, 2018), in which they discussed how digital tools help ensure the academic success of students who are first in their families to go to college. 听and听
Roche Center for Catholic Education Executive Director Patricia Weitzel-O鈥橬eill, Director for Professional Development Kristin Melley, and School of Theology and Ministry Associate Professor Hosffman Ospino comment on when and how Catholic elementary and high school faculties will begin to reflect the demographic changes of students. and read where Weitzel-O鈥橬eill and Ospino鈥檚 2016 study was cited in a related听
Catherine Wong, director of听Urban Outreach Initiatives; Ramon De Jesus, M.A. 鈥�12 (Higher Education); and former Donovan Scholars听Alison Mann, M.Ed. 鈥�09 (Curriculum and Instruction); Donkor Minors, M.Ed. 鈥�10 (Secondary Education) and M.Ed. 鈥�15 (Moderate Special Needs); Marcus Penny, M.Ed. 鈥�13 (Curriculum and Instruction); and听Sam Texeira, M.Ed. 鈥�14 (Curriculum and Instruction) were featured on a听WCVB-TV CityLine听feature on diversity in Boston Public Schools. The show highlighted the program鈥檚 work to recruit, retain, and support educators of color.听 and view videos 禄
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Members of the Boston College Police Department enthusiastically greeted students from the听Campus School at Boston College听upon their arrival for a new school year, delivering a 鈥淗igh Five Friday鈥� start for the 42 enrollees. View video on 情色空间 News; learn more about Campus School 禄
A comprehensive, coordinated, and school-based effort to connect students to specific district supports, enrichments, and services has shown promise in promoting low-income students鈥� academic achievement and life chances, according to a report issued by the听Center for Optimized Student Support.听Read more in 情色空间 News 禄
New research indicates that elementary-age students who participated in the Lynch School鈥檚 City Connects comprehensive support intervention program had a lower high school drop-out rate than non-participating peers, according to a study in听AERA Open, a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Educational Research Association. Read more in 情色空间 News 禄
For 30 years, the College Bound听enrichment program has provided resources and support to Boston public high school students from underserved communities, who otherwise might not have considered higher education.
The听Lynch School and Urban Catholic Teacher Corps launched a pilot program at a Jesuit high school in the Federated States of Micronesia.听Read more in 情色空间 News听禄
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