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William Trent

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
Professor, Sociology
Director of Research Collaboration, Special Education
Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
Professor, Sociology
Director of Research Collaboration, College of Education

Recent Publications

Dixson, A. D., Ladson-Billings, G., Suarez, C. E., Trent, W. T., & Anderson, J. D. (Eds.) (2020). Condition or Process? Researching Race in Education. American Educational Research Association.

Pak, Y. K., Span, C. M., Anderson, J. D., & Trent, W. T. (2018). Where do we go from here? Reflections on building institutional diversity for lasting change. Teachers College Record, 120(14).

Trent, W. T., Owens-Nicholson, D., & McKillip, M. (2008). Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places: High School Racial Composition, the Implications of Strategic Recruitment, and Becoming a GMS Scholar. In W. T. Trent, & E. P. St John (Eds.), Resources, Assets, and Strengths Among Successful Diverse Students: Understanding the Contributions of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program (pp. 1-15). AMS Press.

Trent, W. T., & St John, E. P. (Eds.) (2008). Resources, Assets, and Strengths Among Successful Diverse Students: Understanding the Contributions of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program. (Readings on Equal Education; Vol. 23). AMS Press.

Trent, W. T., Orr, M. T., Ranis, S. H., & Holdaway, J. (2007). Transitions to college: Lessons from the disciplines. Teachers College Record, 109(10), 2207-2221.

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