Higher Education

Ashley Carpenter

Dr. Ashley Carpenter Is App State’s First Spencer Foundation Grant Recipient
Apr 16, 2024

Dr. Ashley Carpenter, assistant professor of higher education in the Department of Counseling, Family Therapy, and Higher Education, is Appalachian St...

Andrew Koricich

What a decline in rural colleges means for rural communities
Aug 11, 2023

Dr. Andrew Koricich, executive director of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges and associate professor of higher education, was interviewed...

1A Remaking America: The future of higher education
Jun 6, 2023

It’s graduation season, which means a lot of teenagers are thinking about their futures after high school. We recently traveled to Wichita, Kansas,&...

Students visit the state capitol

Seeing Policy in Action: Field Trip to the State Capitol
May 30, 2023

Field trips to the capitol are not just for the K-12 students. As part of Dr. Jason Lynch’s HE 6340 Policy Analysis in Higher Education course this ...

Algie Gatewood

ACC president Dr. Algie Gatewood to retire
May 18, 2023

Dr. Algie Gatewood is ending his 10-year run as president of Alamance Community College on June 30.Gatewood holds a doctorate in adult and community c...

Kevin Delgado

Alumni Update: Kevin Delgado-Valentin ’21 ’23
Apr 18, 2023

Kevin Delgado-Valentin, originally from Deltona, Florida, graduated in 2021 with a Master of Arts in higher education. He will complete the Ed.S. in h...

Jalen Cheek

Graduate Student Jalen Cheek Receives Award from ACPA
Apr 11, 2023

Jalen Cheek, a graduate student in the Reich College of Education’s higher education master’s program, has recently been selected for the 2023 Out...