Matthew T. Hora

Professional update: After 6 years of leading one of the nation’s first applied research centers dedicated to student-focused studies of...

Sometime in late 2016 or thereabouts I was asked to head up a research Center at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at...

I just wrapped up teaching a brand new course in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at UW-Madison titled, "Cultural and...

Last week on Friday September 28th our Center held the 1st Annual Symposium on College Internship Research at UW-Madison. It was a great...

One of the goals of my current trip to China is to write a long-form magazine piece on how people are thinking about, designing, and...

If there’s one certainty about higher education policymaking right now, it’s that work-based learning in the form of apprenticeships and...

The shock still hasn't worn off from the November 8th election, which seems like a twisted hybrid of the Hangover and Alice in...

As Governor Scott Walker and the Wisconsin Legislature consider the request for $42.5 million in new state funds for the University of...

In a class I'm currently teaching on school-community engagement we read Benford & Snow's 2000 piece on "Framing processes and social...

Had a great meeting today at a large company that makes traditional Chinese medicine herbal remedies. After a wonderful tour of the...

A quick post and update, as I sit here exhausted and a little sick in my executive suite in the "teachers garden" (faculty housing) at...

While I'm not planning on doing an extensive travel blog here, I'll start these posts with some quick observations about China in general...

A preoccupation among many researchers and policymakers interested in the intertwined issues of skills, jobs, and higher education is the...

I read with interest UW System Regent John R. Behling’s comments at the February 5, 2016 meeting of the Board of Regents education...

Thoughts on UW System Strategic Planning The growing focus on workforce needs and how the System can address concerns about the state...

There's lots of talk and angst in academia (at least in some circles, particularly education) about making research more relevant to...

Dear Chancellor Blank, I am writing this open letter to you seeking a response to the current situation facing faculty across the UW...

In July of 2014 I got a concussion while sitting in a park, near a bunch of folks kicking soccer balls around. The ensuing months have...

Many of my colleagues are engaged in the use of digital technologies in education, whether in traditional face-to-face university and...

It's a beautiful fall day here in Madison, WI and I've sequestered myself at home (and on the back deck) to work on a book. Writing a...