Diane Hirshberg

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Diane Hirshberg
Interim Director and Professor of Education Policy, Institute of Social and Economic Research,
University of Alaska Anchorage

Diane Hirshberg is interim director and professor of education policy at the Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska, Anchorage (UAA). She also serves as vice president academic for UArctic and sits on the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. Board. Hirshberg was formerly a project director and project manager at PACE. Her research interests include education policy analysis, indigenous education, circumpolar education issues, and the role of education in sustainable development. She has studied the boarding school experiences of Alaska Native students, teacher supply, demand and turnover, including the cost of teacher turnover in Alaska. Hirshberg teaches in the Master of Public Policy Program in the UAA College of Business and Public Policy. She received her master of public administration from Columbia University and her PhD in education from University of California, Los Angeles.

updated 2002

Publications by Diane Hirshberg
California Families See Little Growth in Child Care Centers
In 1950, just one in six mothers, with a young child under age five, worked in the paid labor force. By 2000, this share had climbed to two in every three mothers. This revolution in the economic and social roles of women has spurred rising demand…
Findings from the Child Care Providers Focus Groups
As part of the CDSS-PACE Child Care Planning Project, PACE set out to learn how California’s childcare subsidy system and the CalWORKs program affects licensed and license-exempt childcare providers. PACE also wanted to understand the day-to-day…
New Lessons for Los Angeles
Reports abound on the shortage of quality childcare options for California families. Rising rates of employment among mothers with young children, initiatives to boost youngsters’ school readiness, and government’s recent push to move single mothers…
This report is the result of a study conducted for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services. With an expanding economy and increasing numbers of CalWORK's participants moving into the workforce, demand for childcare in Los…