Ronald Ehrenberg wins career award

The Association for the Study of Higher Education gave ILR School Professor Ronald Ehrenberg its 2013 Howard Bowen Distinguished Career Award in St. Louis, Mo., at its annual conference. The award is presented annually to "an individual whose professional life has been devoted in substantial part to the study of higher education and whose career has significantly advanced the field," according to the association. "It places Ron among the giants in our field," said University of California, Los Angeles Professor Mitchell Chang, awards committee chair. Ehrenberg founded the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI) 15 years ago. He said his work educating the public is far from over. "The shift in public consciousness has already occurred.