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June 30, 2015
Sarah Diem
Dr. Sarah Diem is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri. She is also a Faculty Affiliate in the Harry S. Truman School of Government and Public Affairs and the Qualitative Inquiry Program in the College of Education and Human Development. She researches the social, political, and geographic contexts of education, focusing primarily on how the politics and implementation of educational policies affect outcomes related to racial equity and opportunity within public schools. She is also interested in the ways in which current and future school leaders are being prepared…
June 29, 2015
Bradley Curs
Dr. Bradley R. Curs is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA) at the University of Missouri. Dr. Curs joined ELPA in 2005 after receiving his PhD. from the Department of Economics at the University of Oregon. His research uses tools from the discipline of economics to understand the effects of educational policy at both the student and institutional level. Specifically, his research focuses on issues of education access, equity, and success across three areas: the efficacy of financial aid programs, the behaviors of educational institutions, and pre-college readiness behaviors. Dr. Curs serves on…