Tammy Kolbe
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
85 South Prospect St
499B Waterman
Burlington, VT 05401
United States
- Ed.D. in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies from University of Vermont
- M.S. in Policy Analysis & Evaluation from The Pennsylvania State University
- B.A. in Political Science/Public Policy from Kalamazoo College
BIO
Dr. Tammy Kolbe is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Vermont. Her research focuses on the resources and costs associated with effectively implementing policies and programs in PK-16 educational organizations, and how educational resources can be distributed to promote goals for ensuring equal educational opportunities for all students. She frequently works with state and local education agencies on issues related to education funding and costs, particularly with respect to special education programs for students with disabilities and higher education funding models.
Currently, she is the co-director for the National Consortium for Research on Special Education Funding and Costs (SEF) and serves as senior associate editor of the American Journal of Education and as a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Education Finance. She was recently added a Fellow at the National Education Policy Center. Previously, she served as chair of the American Education Research Association’s (AERA) finance, economics and policy group. In 2019, she received the AERA’s award for Outstanding Policy Report for her work on special education costs and funding reform.
Courses
Applied Data Analysis for Decision Making; Economics of Education; Family & Child Policy ; Policy to Practice: ; Program Evaluation & Assessment; Reading & Understanding Educational Research; Seminar on Education Policy
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- American Education Research Association, Division L Outstanding Policy Report (Long) Award (2019)
Finalist, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s 2017 Campus Sustainability Research Award (2017; nominated for outstanding paper published in International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education) - Provost Teaching Commendation, Florida State University
- Post-doctoral Fellowship, competitively awarded by the American Educational Research Association and U.S. Department of Education, Institute for Education Sciences
Area(s) of expertise
- Assessment and evaluation
- Educational finance
- Educational policy
- Higher education
- Special education
Bio
Dr. Tammy Kolbe is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Vermont. Her research focuses on the resources and costs associated with effectively implementing policies and programs in PK-16 educational organizations, and how educational resources can be distributed to promote goals for ensuring equal educational opportunities for all students. She frequently works with state and local education agencies on issues related to education funding and costs, particularly with respect to special education programs for students with disabilities and higher education funding models.
Currently, she is the co-director for the National Consortium for Research on Special Education Funding and Costs (SEF) and serves as senior associate editor of the American Journal of Education and as a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Education Finance. She was recently added a Fellow at the National Education Policy Center. Previously, she served as chair of the American Education Research Association’s (AERA) finance, economics and policy group. In 2019, she received the AERA’s award for Outstanding Policy Report for her work on special education costs and funding reform.
Courses
Applied Data Analysis for Decision Making; Economics of Education; Family & Child Policy ; Policy to Practice: ; Program Evaluation & Assessment; Reading & Understanding Educational Research; Seminar on Education Policy
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- American Education Research Association, Division L Outstanding Policy Report (Long) Award (2019)
Finalist, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s 2017 Campus Sustainability Research Award (2017; nominated for outstanding paper published in International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education) - Provost Teaching Commendation, Florida State University
- Post-doctoral Fellowship, competitively awarded by the American Educational Research Association and U.S. Department of Education, Institute for Education Sciences
Areas of Expertise
- Assessment and evaluation
- Educational finance
- Educational policy
- Higher education
- Special education