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$2 Million grant to fund Gifted Education students
November 3, 2019
A $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education was awarded to the Purdue College of Education to investigate closing excellence and opportunity gaps for students from underserved populations in gifted education. Nielsen Pereira, assistant professor in gifted, creative and talented studies, will spearhead this research project. Pereira will be joined by co-principal investigators […]
Continue ReadingDepartment of Education grant to fund Purdue Special Education students
November 3, 2019
A $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Special Education Programs was awarded to the Purdue College of Education to provide special education doctoral students with full funding throughout their program of study. This project, named Project Co-LEAD, is a consortium between Purdue University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and […]
Continue ReadingPurdue University honors alumni for the Distinguished Education Alumni Awards
October 18, 2019
Purdue University’s College of Education will honor three distinguished Purdue alumni during its 2019 Distinguished Education Alumni Awards (DEAA) event on Friday, Nov. 1. Pamela R. Clinkenbeard, James T. McDonald, III, and Martha Nyikos are the recipients of this year’s distinguished alumni award. The DEAA was established in 2006 to honor outstanding professional achievements in […]
Continue ReadingEducation grant works to put new teachers in Indiana schools
October 3, 2019
Purdue University’s College of Education and Indianapolis Public Schools are teaming up on a new project to expand the access the city’s students have to STEM education. The project, called the Indy STEM Teacher Residency, aims to bring as many as 60 new teachers into the fold and improve the opportunities for students to learn […]
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Purdue’s College of Education invites students for Become a Teacher Day
September 12, 2019
Prospective students in education and their parents can learn more about Purdue’s College of Education during its annual, daylong Become a Teacher Day event. The college is expecting at least 160 high school students from Indiana and beyond for this year’s Become a Teacher Day. The event will be a day filled with fun, learning […]
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15th Year Celebrating Constitution Day at Purdue University
September 12, 2019
The way Purdue celebrates Constitution Day has changed in the last 15 years, but the need for doing so remains the same. The same concerns remain today as Purdue seeks an effective way to ensure that graduates have the basic civic knowledge they need to be effective citizens. Indeed, civic literacy has been a topic […]
Continue ReadingHosting High School Students from US and 45 European Countries for Transatlantic Institute
July 3, 2019
Purdue University’s College of Education is hosting 55 top high school age scholars from the United States and 45 European countries on campus for the Ben Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute. The institute is an intensive academic exchange program with a focus on global issues for 16- 18-year-olds who were chosen through a rigorous selection […]
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Looking to the next 150 years
May 8, 2019
The College of Education is well positioned to tackle the challenges the next 150 years will bring and turn them into opportunities to make a difference in the lives of others.
Continue ReadingHandling grief and emotions 20 years after Columbine
April 3, 2019
WHAT: April 20 marks the 20th anniversary of the high school shooting massacre in Columbine, Colorado. The number of school shootings has increased steadily since then, causing short- and long-term grief for survivors and members of society across the nation. EXPERT: Heather Servaty-Seib, a professor of counseling psychology in the College of Education, specializes in […]
Continue ReadingFaculty and grad students to present research in Toronto
March 14, 2019
Sixty-six faculty and graduate students from the College of Education and Purdue University will present their research during more than 100 sessions at the 2019 American Education Research Association Annual Meeting. The conference will take place April 5 through April 9 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In addition, we are hosting a reception on Saturday, April […]
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