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Dave is a Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership in the College of Education at the University of Oregon. He is the founder and director of the UO Center for Educational Policy Research and has received over $9 million in grants and contracts over the past 10 years to conduct research on a range of policy issues.

Dave guided the Standards for Success project, a three-year, $2.4 million grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Association of American Universities.

His areas of teaching and research include the high school-college transition; standards-based education; systemic school reform; educational governance; and adequacy funding models. Dave's work has been published in numerous journal articles, technical reports and conference papers. His most recent book is College Knowledge: What It Really Takes for Students to Succeed and What We Can Do to Get Them Ready. See Dave's complete bio.

Terri is a Project Coordinator and Senior Researcher. She has a BA and MS from the University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. She has held faculty appointments at the UO since 1990 in the departments of: Human Services; Social Science Instructional Lab; Center for the Study of Women in Society; and Educational Leadership.

Before completion of her Ph.D. she held positions in medical social work and family therapy. Terri enjoys competitive sailing. She and her husband have four children, ranging in age from 11 to 26.