Marianne F. Boeke
Marianne Boeke joined the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) as a Research Associate in March 2004. Marianne works on a variety of long-term projects including those associated with the Lumina Foundation for Education, Preparing Mathematicians to Educate Teachers (PMET), the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), and the State Scholars Initiative.
She is the co-author of Critical Connections: Linking States’ Unit Record Systems to Track Student Progress (co-authored with Peter Ewell for the Lumina Foundation for Education, 2007) and Adult Learners in the United States: A National Profile (co-authored with Karen Paulson for the American Council on Education, 2006). Additionally, Marianne was the editor of the Technology Costing Methodology Casebooks (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), 2001 & 2004).
Prior to NCHEMS, Marianne worked at the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE/WCET) as a staff associate. Marianne managed the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) funded project, Technology Costing Methodology (TCM). She also staffed the EduTools and the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) Projects. She performed on-site training with the TCM Handbook and presented at regional and national conferences on issues relating to technology costs in higher education. Marianne has also held administrative positions at Western Governors University, University of Denver, and at The American University.
Marianne holds a Ph.D.in higher education from the University of Denver, a master’s degree from The American University, and a bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University. Her areas of specialization and interest include technology and costing issues in higher education, academic management, qualitative research, and policy analysis.