Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education
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[edit] Overview
The Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE) was established in 2001 on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to study the challenges confronting postsecondary education while bringing together university leaders, researchers, and policymakers to discuss issues and solutions. Housed in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, WISCAPE promotes interaction among these groups of people through research and a variety of programs.
[edit] Mission and Focus
Many complex social, economic, and political forces impact colleges and universities today. Presently, two of the greatest leadership challenges facing institutions of postsecondary education are: 1) adapting to the changing relationship between states and their public universities, and 2) increasing student access to and persistence within institutions of postsecondary education. Consequently, many WISCAPE programs and research projects focus on these two topics. But the Center explores a wide variety of postsecondary education issues, and the ultimate purpose of WISCAPE programs is to foster the discovery and implementation of flexible leadership approaches that respond to these challenges.
WISCAPE’s mission is to facilitate and contribute to a dialogue about the challenges facing postsecondary education among education leaders, policymakers, researchers, and other key stakeholders, including community and government leaders, faculty, staff, and administrators. These exchanges are intended to increase participants’ understanding of the complex structures and cultures in institutions of postsecondary education, thus improving their decision-making and leadership practices.
[edit] Faculty and Staff Affiliates
WISCAPE fosters connections between the center and faculty and staff, on and off campus, who have a substantial interest and experience in higher and postsecondary education research or administration and who are interested in disseminating research or shaping public programs targeted to faculty, staff, students, researchers, administrators, and policymakers.
[edit] Current Affiliates
- Aaron Brower, Vice Chancellor for Teaching and Learning and Professor, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Clifton Conrad, Professor of Higher Education, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education
- Jerlando F. L. Jackson, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education
- Henry Lufler, Jr., Senior Staff Affiliate, Associate Dean for External Relations, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education
- Sara Goldrick-Rab, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education
- Jocelyn Milner, Director, Office of Academic Planning and Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Adam R. Nelson, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education
- Kristopher Olds, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- L. Allen Phelps, Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and Director, Center on Education and Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education
- Virginia Sapiro, Sophonisba P. Breckinridge Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Kathleen R. Sell, Senior Lecturer, Integrated Liberal Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Philip A. Trostel, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Department of Economics and Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, University of Maine
- David J. Weerts, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Department of Educational Leadership, Florida Atlantic University
- Heidi Zoerb, Director of Communications and Marketing, Division of Continuing Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
[edit] Research
The goal of WISCAPE's research program is to facilitate studies that foster a dialogue among postsecondary education leaders, policymakers, researchers, and other key stakeholders. WISCAPE accomplishes this through support of the center’s faculty and staff affiliates, limited support of outside projects, some in-house research projects, and other scholarly activities.
[edit] Ongoing Studies
- The Role of Institutional Context in Promoting the Success of First-Generation College Students, Sara Goldrick-Rab
- The True Genius of America at Risk: Are We Losing Our Public Universities to De Facto Privatization?, Katharine Lyall and Kathleen R. Sell
- A Simple Unifying Measure of State Support for Higher Education, Philip A. Trostel
- Examining Differences in State Support for Higher Education, David J. Weerts
- Nationalism, Transnationalism, and the American Scholar in the Nineteenth Century Adam R. Nelson
- The Role of Merit and Need in Student Financial Aid, William Reese and Jonathan Reischl
- Leading a Small University, Harry Peterson
[edit] Completed Studies
- Wanting Matters: How Expectations Shape the Success of Technical College Students, Sara Goldrick-Rab
- Creating and Maintaining Safe College Campuses: A Sourcebook for Enhancing and Evaluating Safety Programs, Jerlando F.L. Jackson
- National Study of State Support for Higher Education, David J. Weerts
- Pathways to Alumni Involvement, Henry Lufler, Jr., David J. Weerts, Heidi Zoerb, and Justin Ronca
- Making the Nation's Investment in Student Access and Success, W. Lee Hansen and Jacob O. Stampen
- The Role of Academic Staff, Marc VanOverbeke
[edit] Programs
WISCAPE hosts conferences and forums that promote timely dialogues among postsecondary education leaders, policymakers, and other key stakeholders with the goal of increasing their understanding of leadership and management issues, best practices, and current research. These programs encourage participants to share their differing viewpoints on the challenges facing postsecondary education, an important component in promoting effective postsecondary education leadership practices and policies.
WISCAPE conferences and forums combine a variety of formats, including public lectures, panels of stakeholder representatives, invitational presentations, guest lectures in graduate-level courses, and scholars-in-residence programs.
[edit] External Links
The Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE) (http://www.wiscape.wisc.edu)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison (http://www.wisc.edu)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education (http://www.education.wisc.edu)
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