Dan Goldhaber, vice president of the American Institutes for Research in Washington, D.C., will give a lecture at noon Friday, Nov. 10 on the University of Arkansas campus as part of the Department of Education Reform lecture series. It is titled "Prospects for Improving Teacher Preparation."

RSVP online for lunch on the lecture website. Deadline to RSVP is 1 p.m. the Wednesday before the lecture. It will take place in Room 343 of the Graduate Education Building.

The American Institutes for Research is a behavioral and social science research and evaluation not-for-profit organization. Goldhaber directs analysis of longitudinal data in education research at the organization. He is also a professor at the University of Washington Bothell, directs the Center for Education Data & Research and co-edits Education Finance and Policy.

Goldhaber's work focuses on issues of educational productivity and reform at the K-12 level; the broad array of human capital policies that influence the composition, distribution, and quality of teachers in the workforce; and connections between students' K-12 experiences and postsecondary outcomes.