Members of AERA’s Consortium of University and Research Institutions convened for the 2018 Fall Policy Meeting September 16-17 in Washington, D.C. Leadership from schools of education, research institutions, and scientific associations covered an engaging agenda including federal education research policy updates, scaling education research findings to market, and recent efforts to prevent sexual harassment in academia.

AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine

Meeting Agenda

Summary of meeting in September 2018 AERA Highlights

Presentations and Additional Resources:

• Scaling Education Research Findings to Market: Opportunities & Challenges for Deans and Administrators
  • Christi Bergin, University of Missouri
  • Diana Hess, University of Wisconsin-Madison
     
• Engaging Education Researchers in Federal Policy Decisions Group Activity, Kathryn Chval, University of Missouri
   
• NAS Report: Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Summary of Findings for Deans and Directors of Research Institutions – Billy Williams, American Geophysical Union
  • National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine information on Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • National Science Foundation announcement of new term and condition related to harassment
  • AAAS Sea Change
     

    Kathryn Chval (University of Missouri)

• Federal Funding Opportunities for Education Research - Resources:
  • Mark Schneider IES post highlighting potential changes to FY 2020 research competitions
  • Open Mike blog, policy updates and news from Dr. Michael Lauer, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health
  • NSF 2026 Idea Machine