Curriculum & Instruction Professor Emeritus Kenneth Travers passed away on March 23, 2026, in Chicago.
Travers was an expert in mathematics education. In 1976, the College of Education became the coordinating center for the International Association for Evaluation of Educational Achievement’s Second International Mathematics, with Travers serving as Director. He served as the inaugural director and later as director emeritus of the Office for Mathematics, Science, & Technology Education (MSTE).
Travers received his Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Illinois in 1965 and joined the faculty the same year. He remained at Illinois for his entire career until his retirement in 2002. He served in an emeritus position from 2002 until his death.
No funeral arrangements have been shared at this time.
