{"623152":{"#nid":"623152","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Analytics Graduate Student Will Finish Debt-Free with Grant from AAUW","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aauw.org\/aauw_check\/fellowships_directory\/#rid5046\u0022\u003EEmi Behan\u003C\/a\u003E enrolled in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pe.gatech.edu\/degrees\/analytics\u0022\u003EOnline Master of Science in Analytics\u003C\/a\u003E because she saw an opportunity to finally make a difference in education policy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow she\u0026rsquo;s earned a grant from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) that will pay for more than half of her degree and accelerate her graduation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aauw.org\/what-we-do\/educational-funding-and-awards\/career-development-grants\/\u0022\u003EAAUW Career Development Grant\u003C\/a\u003E provides me with the opportunity to pursue a degree outside of my current professional field that will allow me to approach education reform in a unique way,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aauw.org\/aauw_check\/fellowships_directory\/#rid5046\u0022\u003EBehan, who has about 20 percent of her coursework under her belt\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;This would not be possible without the support of the AAUW.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBehan spent several years teaching in San Antonio but never felt like she could address what she saw as entrenched inequality in the educational system that prevented some students and teachers from succeeding.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;You will be hard-pressed to find someone who articulates a desire for a worse quality of education for our students, but the reality of the U.S. education system is that many choices lead to exactly that,\u0026rdquo; Behan said. \u0026ldquo;By viewing this issue through the lens of analytics, I hope to identify the disconnect between the perceived goal and the creation and implementation of policies that affect millions of children daily.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBehan has been involved with Teach for America, City Year and other educational organizations over the last decade. Currently, she\u0026rsquo;s working for a nonprofit that supports people with chromosome 18 abnormalities and advances research about related conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAAUW\u0026rsquo;s career development grants aim to help women who are preparing to change or advance their careers or to re-enter the workforce. The organization says women hold about two-thirds of student-loan debt, so one of its priorities is helping women develop their skills without borrowing money.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBehan said the grant will mean exactly that for her: she\u0026rsquo;ll be able to finish her degree debt-free.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When I left the classroom for the nonprofit sector, it was because I did not see a way to impact lasting change in education policy. Through pursuing an M.S. in Analytics, I now see an opportunity to impact the U.S. education system at the organizational level and work toward a better quality of education for all students.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEmi Behan will use analytics degree to assess education reform efforts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Emi Behan will use analytics degree to assess education reform efforts."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2019-07-10 16:15:29","changed_gmt":"2019-07-10 16:20:54","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"623151":{"id":"623151","type":"image","title":"Emi Behan","body":null,"created":"1562774463","gmt_created":"2019-07-10 16:01:03","changed":"1562779525","gmt_changed":"2019-07-10 17:25:25","alt":"Emi Behan","file":{"fid":"237313","name":"Behan-Emi-2018.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Behan-Emi-2018.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Behan-Emi-2018.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":158148,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Behan-Emi-2018.jpg?itok=r7dXwReF"}}},"media_ids":["623151"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/pe.gatech.edu\/degrees\/analytics","title":"Online Master of Science in Analytics"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.aauw.org\/aauw_check\/fellowships_directory\/#rid5046","title":"Emi Behan"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"181695","name":"Emi Behan"},{"id":"181212","name":"online master of science in analytics"},{"id":"181694","name":"American Association of University Women"},{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"46351","name":"K-12 education"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404.894.6016\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}