Research / Grants

This project brings together scholars from the Philosophy College at Fudan University and Dr. Walter Feinberg to initiate an Institute in Philosophy of Education in China. The mission of the Institute is to build the discipline of philosophy of education and to make philosophy a significant component of educational research and policy by: (1) Encouraging and supporting interdisciplinary education research; (2) Training the next generation of leading Chinese educational researchers; and (3) Promoting research based practice informed by philosophical understanding. The research will be conducted by Faculty Research Fellows representing sociology, political science, pedagogy, law, and philosophy.

Transitions to and through college continues to be an important topic within social science and education research. The Project, originally created by the Social Science Research Council, features an online, searchable database is comprised of over 1,600 records of literature from the past 20 years that relates to transitions. The database will continue to be managed and utilized via research, scholarly, and teaching initiatives. Research will focus on topics such as improving access, enrollment, retention, and graduation rates of underrepresented students. The Project also aims to impact program and policy decision-making and practice related to transitions and access to college.

This sabbatical year funding supports three projects. First is a book covering the PI's career-long research efforts on school desegregation. Second is a book summarizing a 5-year study of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Summer Research Opportunities Program (CIC SROP). The third refines and extends a six-year program of research on the GATES Millennium Scholars Program, focused on African-American students’ preparation for college and on their participation in science, technology, engineering and math related fields. Both the school desegregation and GATES program projects are facilitated by collaboration with colleagues at NORC at the University of Chicago.