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SYLVIA HURTADO
Sylvia Hurtado is Professor and Director of the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA (HERI) in the Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences. Just prior to coming to UCLA, she served as Director of the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan. Dr. Hurtado has published numerous articles and books related to her primary interest in student educational outcomes, campus climates, college impact on student development, and diversity in higher education. She has served on numerous editorial boards for journals in education and served on the boards for the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE), the Higher Learning Commission, and is past-President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). Black Issues In Higher Education named her among the top 15 influential faculty whose work has had an impact on the academy. She obtained her Ph.D. in Education from UCLA, Ed.M. from Harvard Graduate School of Education, and A.B. from Princeton University in Sociology.
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JOHN H. PRYOR
John Pryor is the Director of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP), the longest-running and largest empirical study of higher education in the country. He is also the Managing Director of the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA (HERI) , where the CIRP surveys are administered. Before coming to HERI in 2005, he was the Director of Student Affairs Planning, Evaluation, and Research at Dartmouth College. He obtained his M.A. in Psychology from the University of Virginia and his A.B. from Dartmouth College. Mr. Pryor's specific interests are in college student alcohol use, health issues, at-risk behaviors and survey research methodology. As the Director of the CIRP surveys, he conducts longitudinal research on the changing nature of college students and the impact of college.
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LAURA PALUCKI BLAKE
Laura Palucki Blake is the CIRP Assistant Director. Dr. Palucki Blake's primary responsibilities include working with institutions to both implement the various CIRP surveys and to develop and communicate about effective and innovative ways of using data for institutional improvement. Prior to joining HERI, Dr. Palucki Blake was the Director of Assessment and Assistant Professor of Psychology at Agnes Scott College, where she coordinated data collection, interpretation, and dissemination to support planning and decision-making across the college. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in Psychology at The Claremont Graduate University, and her B.A. in Psychology from Smith College. Dr. Palucki Blake's research interests include assessment and accountability in higher education, the use of institutional data to foster greater understanding of student learning and development, and issues of access and equity during college.
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KEVIN EAGAN
Kevin Eagan is Assistant Professor in Residence and Assistant Director for Research for the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA. Dr. Eagan's research interests include issues related to undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, contingent faculty, student retention, institutional contexts and structures of opportunity, survey validity and reliability, and advanced quantitative methods. He obtained his Ph.D. in Higher Education and Organizational Change from UCLA, his M.S. in Higher Education Administration from North Carolina State University, and his B.S. in Mathematics from Greensboro College.
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MATTHEW H. CASE
Matthew H. Case is Senior Data Manager at HERI. His responsibilities include development and maintenance of the HERI research databases and data management, analysis and reporting for CIRP. Previously, he was an analyst with the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Education. He obtained a Masters in Public Policy (MPP) and a BA in Economics and Political Science, both from the University of California, Berkeley. His interests are in education management information systems, data standards, and the use of institutional data for performance management.
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