Wood receives prestigious title of UFRF Research Professor

The University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) recently named Educational Administration and Policy faculty member Craig Wood as its Research Professor for 2006.

The three-year professorships are awarded, in part, to recognize recent contributions in research. Wood’s research centers on public policy issues of funding education. Currently, he is examining and analyzing the equity and adequacy of state financial aid distribution formulas.

Wood currently teaches classes in public education finance and law and also conducts numerous workshops for a variety of policy-making organizations. He has served as the president of the American Education Finance Association, worked for various state legislatures, and has chaired the national education finance litigation workshop for AEFA for the past seven years.

As a UFRF Research Professor, Wood will examine and present his research to peers across the nation and possibly influence major public policy decisions within the area of financing public education. Wood will receive a $5,000 annual salary supplement and a $3,000 one-time grant to support research.

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Anwen “Wendy” Norman, anwendy@ufl.edu, (352) 392-0726, ext. 246