The first group of PhD students being trained for careers in higher education research through the Postsecondary Education Applied Research (PEAR) Fellowship at Teachers College have been awarded Education Sciences Certificates, marking a major milestone along their path to a doctoral degree.
Jessie Steiger has always understood the power of transitions. From her own turbulent transition into high school to the challenges she faced as a transfer student at Penn State, the CCRC senior research assistant and PEAR fellow says the times she spent in flux tuned her in to the ways the education system is stacked against some students.
PEAR Fellow Astrid Pineda is interested in studying education policies that improve economic opportunity among disadvantaged students, including in the developing world.
PEAR fellow Taylor Myers wants to produce research that informs our understanding of equitable access and success and how students’ personal, professional, and academic experiences shape policymaking and postsecondary outcomes.
As a Postsecondary Education Applied Research (PEAR) fellow, CJ Libassi is digging into quantitative methods and exploring his interests in college access and student loan policy.
