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Brief History of the David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar

The David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar emerged from the 2-3 day regional series of graduate student seminars held by UCEA since 1966. At first held in member institutions, UCEA announced that it would support two graduate student seminars beginning in 1979. UCEA demonstrated its support by providing a grant to the host institution to cover some of the expenses of the students sent to the seminar, by publicizing the seminar in its news releases and newsletter, the UCEA Review, and by providing a forum of the proceedings in the UCEA Review. By 1984, the seminar had adopted a new title: National Graduate Students Research Seminar in Educational Administration and had begun to hold the seminar prior to the American Educational Research Association (AERA) meeting. At this time, the event was co-sponsored by AERA and the National Institute of Education (NIE). The seminar changed again as NIE folded. UCEA stepped in and provided financial support beginning in 1986. By 1987, UCEA and AERA were joined by the US Department of Education Office of Research in their sponsorship of the seminar. Another change occurred in 1998 when UCEA, AERA Divisions A and L, and Corwin Press joined together to sponsor the graduate student seminar. In 1999, the graduate student seminar adopted its current title: David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar in Educational Administration & Policy in honor of David L. Clark who had passed away in 1998.