Erik Ness

Erik Ness
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
5714 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
PHONE: 412-648-5943
EMAIL: eness@pitt.edu

• Overview
• Publications
• Presentations
• Professional Participation
• Awards and Honors

Full Time Faculty - Assistant Professor

School Affiliations

• Department: Administrative and Policy Studies - Assistant Professor
• Program: Higher Education Management

Education

• Ph.D., Education Policy, Vanderbilt University, 2006
• M.A., Comparative and International Education, Loyola University Chicago, 2001
• B.A., Political Science, North Carolina State University, 1996

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

• Ness, E.C. and Tucker, R. (2008). Eligibility Effects on College Access: Under-represented Student Perceptions of Tennessee’s Merit Aid Program. Research in Higher Education, 49 (7): 569-588.

Monographs

• Ness, E.C. & Mistretta, M. (2007). Policy Adoption in North Carolina and Tennessee: A comparative case study of lottery beneficiaries. University of Houston Law Center, Institute of Higher Education Law and Governance, Monograph Series, 07-11.

Technical Reports

• Ness, E.C. (2007). Class of 2007 Senior Opinions Survey: Implications for College Access, College Choice, and the PROMISE Scholarship Program. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.

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Recent Course Instruction

Fall 2008 (2091)

• ADMPS 2098 - DIRECTED STUDY
• ADMPS 2099 - GUIDANCE IN THE MASTER'S DEGREE
• ADMPS 2131 - HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
• ADMPS 3092 - HIGHER EDUCATION INTERNSHIP
• ADMPS 3097 - SUPERVISED RESEARCH
• ADMPS 3098 - DIRECTED STUDY
• ADMPS 3099 - GUIDANCE IN THE DOCTORAL DEGREE

Summer 2008 (2087)

• ADMPS 2098 - DIRECTED STUDY
• ADMPS 2131 - HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION
• ADMPS 3097 - SUPERVISED RESEARCH
• ADMPS 3098 - DIRECTED STUDY
• ADMPS 3099 - GUIDANCE IN THE DOCTORAL DEGREE

Spring 2008 (2084)

• ADMPS 2098 - DIRECTED STUDY
• ADMPS 2099 - GUIDANCE IN THE MASTER'S DEGREE
• ADMPS 3089 - SPECIAL TOPICS
• ADMPS 3092 - HIGHER EDUCATION INTERNSHIP
• ADMPS 3098 - DIRECTED STUDY
• ADMPS 3130 - HIGHER EDUC PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

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Recent Presentations

• Utilisation and Dissemination of Information: The diffusion of postsecondary education policy in the United States.
  (August 2008). Annual Forum of the European Association of Institutional Research, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Merit Based Financial Aid: Antecedents, present landscape & future direction.
  (June 2008). 25th Annual Student Financial Aid Research Network Conference, Baltimore, MD. (w/ D. Heller, D. Mundel, B. Noland)
• The Marketing of Merit Aid: Flagship response to state merit aid.
  (June 2008). 25th Annual Student Financial Aid Research Network Conference, Baltimore, MD. (w/ Adam Lips)
• Merit Aid in North Carolina: A case study of a "non-event"
  (March 2008). Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY. (w/ M. Mistretta)
• Policy Adoption in North Carolina and Tennessee: A comparative case study of lottery-funded education programs
  (November 2007). Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Louisville, KY. (w/ M. Mistretta)
• State-level Merit Aid Programs
  (November 2007). Roundtable Moderator. Public Policy Forum. Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Louisville, KY.

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Current Professional Participation

• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  • Politics in Education Association (SIG), Member
  • Divisions J & L, Member
• Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
  • Council on Public Policy in Higher Education, Member
• Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
  • Higher Education SIG

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Recent Fellowships, Awards, and Honors

• Fellow, Higher Education Finance Roundtable, University of Houston Law Center, Institute of Higher Education Law and Governance
• Pennsylvania Education Policy Fellowship

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