G. Alan Hickrod

Ramesh Chaudhari, Gwen Pruyne, Jin Meng
Illinois State University

About the Authors

G. Alan Hickrod is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Educational Administration and Foundations at Illinois State University (ISU). Dr. Hickrod founded the Center for the Study of Education Finance at ISU which has explored educational finance topics for over two decades. He was also a founding member of the American Education Finance Association, was its tenth President, and holds its distinguished service award.

Dr. Hickrod has directed approximately 18 different educational research grants and authored numerous publications for academic review. His work includes over 75 monographs and books and over 65 articles and papers on school finance and education research. Many of his publications have regularly appeared in the Journal of Education Finance, Journal of Educational Administration, Educational Administration Quarterly, American Education Research Journal, Review of Educational Research, and many more. He is also a regular contributor to the "Constitutional Challenges" and "Selected Readings" sections for the Illinois State Board of Education publication titled, State, Local, and Federal Financing for Illinois Public Schools.

Dr. Hickrod is a Harvard graduate with a doctorate in education. He is a leading authority on school finance, social and economic foundations, and statistics and research methods.

Ramesh Chaudhari is Coordinator of Technology Transfer for the College of Education at ISU and is also a Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Education Finance.

Gwen Pruyne is a Research Associate at the Center.

Jin Meng served as Research Assistant at the Center for this project.

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