AERA News
New Awards Luncheon to Honor Awardees at Annual Meeting
The 2013 Annual Meeting in San Francisco will feature a new AERA Awards
Luncheon dedicated to recognizing excellence in education research.
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AERA Launches Virtual Research Learning Center
AERA has announced the launch of a Virtual Research Learning Center
(VRLC) starting in 2013. The purpose of the center is to offer, in
virtual space, education and training related to education research for
wide audiences of scholars, researchers, and others who use and develop
research both nationally and worldwide.
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AERA Releases New Research Handbook on Environmental Education
Earlier this month, AERA announced the publication of the
International Handbook of Research on Environmental Education,
a book with 102 contributors from six continents and 15
countries. The idea for the book emanated from the Environmental
Education Special Interest Group.
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New Directors Join AERA
AERA has hired two new directors, John Neikirk and Tony Pals, to join the professional team working
to advance the Association’s goals in light of its mission as a research
organization.
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News Worthy of Note
New Faces in Federal Policy Leadership for Education and Education Research
Important changes in the leadership of congressional committees and
federal agencies will affect education and science research policy in
the coming years.
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Senate Group Addresses Need for Researchers to Remain in United States
On January 28, a new bipartisan senate group released a draft framework
that could lead to legislation supportive of MA and PhD STEM graduates
continuing to work in the U.S. after graduation from U.S. institutions.
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PCAST 2013 IT Report Relevant to Education Research
In January, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released the report
Designing a Digital Future: Federally Funded Research and Development in Networking and Information Technology. Read more
American Anthropological Association Names Liebow Executive Director
Liebow plans to turn more attention to the trend in nonacademic jobs and
to the plight of adjunct professors, in addition to “shoring up the
group's publishing operations.”
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Upcoming Deadlines
Faculty Institute for the Teaching of Statistics With Large-Scale Data Sets
Application Deadline: February 21, 2013
AERA Institute on Statistical Analysis for Education Policy: Causal Inference
Application Deadline: February 25, 2013
Education Research Conferences Call for Proposals
Submission Deadline: March 5, 2013
AERA Highlights is published by the American Educational Research Association monthly in order to inform members and others interested in education research about the latest news and developments in AERA and in the field.
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Managing Editors: John Neikirk and Amy Weiss
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