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Joel Malin, a curriculum specialist for the College of Education’s Pathways Resource Center, received the 2015 Outstanding Dissertation Award by the National Education Finance Conference for his dissertation, “Social Makeup and Public School Funding Effort and Distribution,” while he was a Ph.D. student in the department of education policy, organization and leadership. Kern Alexander, the Excellence Professor of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, served as Malin’s director and adviser. Malin, whose concentration is in educational and administrative leadership, will receive the award this month at the 2016 National Education Finance Conference in Jacksonville, Florida.

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