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  Professor Emeritus Don Hackmann Published in Teachers College Record

  Jan 24, 2024 10:00 am14 views

  Hackmann's study examined how cross-sector collaboration has shaped the development and implementation of district-wide high school career academies in a large urban school district.

• Professor Emeritus Stafford Hood the CREATE 2022 Jason Millman Memorial Award Recipient & Lecturer

  Oct 4, 2022 4:15 pm14 views

  The Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness (CREATE) has named Stafford Hood the recipient of its 2022 Jason Millman Memorial Award and annual conference lecturer.

• Professor Gandhi To Present on Latest Book, Lead Online Course on Grandfather’s Legacy

  Feb 25, 2019 10:00 am80 views

  Professor Rajmohan Gandhi will give a talk on his latest book, Modern South India: A History from the 17th Century to Our Times on February 26 at noon at the Lucy Ellis Lounge in the Foreign Languages Building at 707 S. Mathews Avenue in Urbana.

• Professor Gutiérrez to speak about submitting, publishing academic work

  Aug 25, 2015 12:15 pm33 views

  Professor Rochelle Gutiérrez of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction will host a Sept. 11 conversation about publishing quality journals and submitting proposals to special issues.

• Professor Herrera Lectures at Tampere University, Finland on Youth Transitions to the Labor Market in the Middle East

  Sep 30, 2023 5:45 am1 views

  Professor Linda Herrera  gave a lecture in the series at Tampere University, Finland, on Youth Transitions to the Labour Market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on September 25. She talked about the notion of youth precarity and the growing disconnect between education and employment. 

• Professor Herrera Participates in Policy Dialogue on Youth Political Engagement in the Middle East

  Sep 30, 2023 5:45 am3 views

  Professor Linda Herrera participated in a policy dialogue on Youth Political Engagement in the Middle East and North Africa hosted by the the Hollings Center for International Dialogue in Istanbul, September 18-19.

• Professor Herrera publishes educational video about Asef Bayat's book

  Dec 19, 2017 7:00 am0 views

  In her column "Critical Voices in Critical Times," which can be found in the North Africa and West Asia page of openDemocracy, Professor Linda Herrera collaborates with Heba Khalil, a Ph.D. student in the Departemnt of Sociology at Illinois, to present Asef Bayat's new book, Revolution without Revolutionaries: Making sense of the Arab Spring (Stanford, 2017). Watch the video by Herrera and the interview text by Khalil.

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  Professor Jennifer Cromley Named Co-editor of Journal

  Jul 2, 2020 3:30 pm63 views

  Dr. Jennifer Cromley has become the new co-editor of the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology. 

• Professor Linda Herrera a Featured Speaker at UI Global Summit

  Oct 20, 2022 9:45 am10 views

  Professor Linda Herrera was a featured speaker at the campus' Global Summit, held on October 19 at the I Hotel, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The Summit was a one-day symposium held in honor of Vision 2030: Illinois’ Global Strategy.

  The panel was titled, “Supporting Youth Development for Global Change” and included Herrera and professors Phillip Cotton and Soo Ah Kwon.

• Professor Meghan Burke Named 2022-23 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Provost Fellow

  Nov 1, 2022 2:00 pm4 views

  The Provost Fellows program was created to further develop leadership skills at the university level for some of the university's most accomplished tenured faculty. Each Provost Fellow focuses on a critical campus strategic initiative to ensure we are living up to our full potential in our scholarly missions. These initiatives are designed to further strengthen their individual interests and career goals.

• Professor Michaelene Ostrosky Selected as Interim Dean of the College of Education

  Jul 6, 2022 4:00 pm34 views

  "Professor Michaelene Ostrosky has been selected to serve as Interim Dean of the College of Education, pending approval by the Board of Trustees, until the next permanent dean begins their appointment," said Provost Cangellaris.

• Professor researching Hispanic students in STEM via NSF grant

  Sep 21, 2016 8:45 am12 views

  Eboni Zamani-Gallaher, a professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership, will be the principal investigator in a study that seeks to advance knowledge beyond what is already known about underrepresented students studying in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). The nearly two-year research project, funded in the amount of nearly $300,000 by the National Science Foundation, will begin early next year.

• Professor Rochelle Gutiérrez featured in Math Ed Podcast

  Apr 26, 2016 8:45 am80 views

  Professor Rochelle Gutiérrez of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction was interviewed in March by Math Ed Podcast, an online outlet hosted by Samuel Otten, who interviews mathematics education researchers about their background and recent studies.

• Professors Luc Paquette and H. Chad Lane Awarded Additional NSF Grant for Project

  Jul 11, 2023 3:15 pm77 views

  This project, entitled "Collaborative Research: Advancing the Science of STEM Interest Development through Educational Gameplay with Machine Learning and Data-driven Interviews" is under the direction of principal investigator Luc Paquette and starts on July 15, 2023.

• Prof. Gloriana González Awarded NSF Funding for Project with University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras

  Sep 25, 2019 9:30 am144 views

  C&I professor's funded research project is titled, Developing Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Pre-service Math Teachers by Enhancement of a Methods Course Using Instrumental Orchestration and Lesson Study Strategies.

• Prof. Rodney Hopson Named Co-PI for New NSF INCLUDES Program

  Sep 12, 2019 3:00 pm195 views

  Hopson part of NSF program with new funding to develop partnerships among stakeholders across the public, private and academic sectors, share promising practices for broadening participation and other useful data, contribute to the knowledge base on broadening participation in STEM through research, and establish a framework for supporting communications and networking among partners. 

• Programmers Needed for VRchaeology Course

  Jun 16, 2021 10:45 am34 views

  VRchaeology has an opportunity for programmers to work with Dr. Laura Shackelford, associate professor of Anthropology.

• Program Review Advisory Committee Plans for the Future

  Nov 6, 2023 12:00 pm0 views

  The 2023-2024 Program Review Advisory Committee (PRAC) held its first quarterly meeting of the academic year in October with an in-person get-together at Olive Harvey College. The meeting kicked off a year-long focus on strategic planning and vision-casting goals for the committee’s future. Members are striving to embed collaboration and collective responsibility as they return to in-person engagement after the last few years of conducting mostly virtual work due to COVID. 

• Progressive Education in Nepal: Creating an Education System

  Apr 26, 2017 9:45 am39 views

  Time: Tuesday, May 16, 10:00 am-noon

  Place: Room 22, College of Education

  Description: We think of progressive education as an early 20th century movement in U.S. schools, or perhaps as what occurs in modern, “progressive” schools, often small, private schools serving more privileged students. But the progressive impulse has been an important factor in many places and many eras. In Nepal today, there is a strong progressive education movement, one that I worked with during Fall 2016. That movement is especially noteworthy given the country’s extremely low resources (it’s a UN Least Developed Country). But many Nepalis see progressive education as aligned with their national education plan, whose goals include education for all, ages 4-12, community learning centers to deliver literacy and lifelong learning, and fully inclusive and equitable access.

  Questions: How can Nepal essentially create an education system? How can knowledge, people, tools, and other resources from the West help? What can be learned from the Nepali experience, even though the Nepal situation is quite different from that in the U.S.?

• Promoting Understanding and "Application of Effective Study Techniques through Engaging Educational Technologies"

  Feb 5, 2016 10:00 am72 views

  College of Education
  Department of Educational psychology
  CSTL brownbag announcement

  Promoting Understanding and Application of Effective Study Techniques through Engaging Educational Technologies

  H. Chad Lane
  Associate Professor of Educational Psychology & Informatics
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

  Tuesday, February 9
  12:30 – 2:00
  210A Education Building

  We are pursuing the development and study of a proposed new genre of engaging educational technologies that seek to help learners better understand processes involved in learning and how to use that knowledge to improve their own study practices. The novelty of the envisioned tools lies in the use of playful (digital) contexts for conveying and learning about basic evidence-based principles of learning, with integrated tools to visualize performance. Our proposed research is translational in that we seek to incorporate findings from basic psychological research into educational contexts, and also interdisciplinary since it combines ideas from psychology, entertainment, and behavioral science to address the challenge of helping people become better learners. Underlying our approach is over a century of psychological science research on human cognition, memory, and learning. Principles stemming from this expansive body of work have straightforward implications for education, but those gains have yet to be fully realized. In fact, in an almost outright rejection of scientific findings, the world continues to be saturated with misplaced advice for learners that is based on intuition and opinion rather than evidence. In this project, we approach the problem of promoting evidence-based learning techniques by using educational games to illustrate fundamental principles of learning, and building tools to promote understanding and application of those principles in academic contexts.

  For questions about this brownbag, please contact Professor Liz Stine-Morrow at eals@illinois.edu­

• Prudential Financial Commits $10M to Rutgers University-Newark Program, Headed by Alum Timothy Eaton

  May 9, 2019 4:00 pm37 views

  Newark, NJ (May 7, 2019)—Rutgers University-Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor announced today that Prudential Financial has committed $10 million to the Honors Living-Learning Community (HLLC) at Rutgers-Newark – the largest donation ever to Rutgers-Newark – to create the Prudential Scholars Program for Newark residents. The gift will create cohorts of Newark residents in the HLLC known as Prudential Scholars and provide them with scholarships to cover tuition and fees, as well as room and board, during their full-time study at Rutgers–Newark. The Prudential Scholars will have access to resources to help them build their entrepreneurial skills and the social networks to empower them to become agents of positive change in the city. Tim Eatman, inaugural Dean of the HLLC, sees investments like Prudential’s as significantly advancing efforts to realize the vision to develop and activate the HLLC as a national model.

• Public Engagement Colloquium

  Jan 29, 2015 9:00 am2 views

  The Office of Public Engagement invites you to attend the Public Engagement Colloquium on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from 12:00-1:00 pm. Jodi Bouris, Regional Induction Specialist will present the Illinois New Teacher Collaborative program. Mary Ellen Leonard, Regional Induction Specialist will be the co-presenter.
   
  Register now at http://go.illinois.edu/pecolloquiumregistration. Lunch is provided to attendees.
   
  Public Engagement Colloquium is a series that takes place during fall and spring semester and promotes sharing of best practices in public engagement among members of the Urbana-Champaign campus community and external partners. Presenters are invited based on demonstration of exceptional success in developing and delivering public engagement programming that creates new knowledge, contributes to solving critical societal issues, furthers the teaching and research mission of the campus, and strengthens our ties with external partners.

• Public Engagement Research Assistantship for Ph.D. Students: Applications Now Open

  Mar 24, 2023 3:30 pm23 views

  Applications are now open to Ph.D. students in the College of Education for a yearlong 50% graduate research assistant position with the Sola Gratia Farm: Urbana Farm to School Program for AY2023-24 (August 16, 2023 – May 15, 2024). This RA position is created in partnership between the College of Education (COE) and the Humanities Research Institute (HRI). 

• Quality Public Schools: A Reconstruction Legacy Worth Considering

  Nov 3, 2023 1:00 pm8 views

  All are warmly invited to hear Professor Hillary Greene, James B. Duke Professor of Africana Studies at Davidson University, in her upcoming lecture, “Quality Public Schools: A Reconstruction Legacy Worth Considering.”  Professor Greene’s renowned work explores race, class, and gender and pre-1920 African American history. Her first book, Educational Reconstruction: African American Schools and the Urban South, 1865-1890, explores how African Americans and their white allies created, develop, and sustained a system of African American schools.

   

  Dr. Green’s presentation is on Tuesday November 14^th at 2:00 pm in Room 2, College of Education. The talk is free and open to the public.

• QUERIES Consulting

  Sep 4, 2013 6:30 pm53 views

  Need a little help getting your research design or analysis off the ground?  Have you run into an unexpected hitch in the research process?  Not sure how to handle a sticky evaluation issue?  

  We're here to help!

  The QUERIES division in the Department of Educational Psychology offers free assistance for research and evaluation designs and statistical analysis to students, faculty, and staff in the College of Education during drop-in consulting hours:

  Room 236 Education Building

       Tuesdays from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

       Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:00 pm

  I-STEM Education Initiative, 704 S. Sixth Street, MC-308

       Mondays from 12:30 – 3:30 pm

  And by appointment.

  Drop by to discuss your research project with QUERIES consultants! In general, no appointment is necessary to meet during regular office hours.

• Question & Answer Session on Bilingual/ ESL Online

  Oct 3, 2014 2:45 pm25 views

  Do you have questions about our BESL endorsement or the application process? Come to our session "Questions about the BESL Online Endorsement at University of Illinois: Chatting with the Program Coordinator" on October 21 from 6:30-7pm CST. Our program leader, Dr. Eurydice Bauer will be on hand to answer any of your questions and provide an overview of our program.
  
  To access the session, please copy and paste the following link into a new web browser: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=407&username=&password=M.289C039C597F737DDFB889B04034D2

  
  If you need technical assistance with this session, please contact our College of Education user services team at or userservices@education.illinois.edu

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  Rachel Lauren Storm (PhD ‘20, EPOL) Named Fred S. Bailey Fellow

  Dec 16, 2019 12:30 pm723 views

  University of Illinois College of Education doctoral candidate Rachel Storm (EPOL) has been named one of two 2019-2020 Fred S. Bailey Fellowship recipients from YMCA of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

• Rachel Roegman Wins Early Career Award from AERA

  Mar 15, 2019 4:00 pm105 views

  Congratulations to Education Policy, Organization & Leadership's Rachel Roegman, who will be recognized with a 2019 AERA-Division A Early Career Award at the organization's Annual Meeting in April.

• Racial Equity for Adult Credentials in Higher Ed: The REACH Collaborative

  Sep 22, 2021 2:30 pm0 views

  The Office of Community College Research and Leadership is a co-partner in the REACH Collaborative, which is focused on transforming credential pathways to associate degrees at community colleges to improve credential attainment and economic mobility for adult learners of color in six states.

• Rajmohan Ghandi Speaks on his Grandfather's Impact and Legacy

  Aug 28, 2019 2:00 pm131 views

  As the world begins celebrating Gandhi’s 150th birthday, Rajmohan Gandhi, research professor of Educational Policy, Organization and Leadership, discusses his grandfather’s legacy.

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  Ransom Named HRI Summer Faculty Fellow

  Apr 30, 2024 1:15 pm44 views

  Kimberly Ransom, assistant professor EPOL, is one of 10 members of the fellowship that is designed to help faculty maximize the summer in service of their professional development. 

• Rebecca Ginsburg, EJP Awarded LAS Student Success Innovation Project Funding

  Apr 28, 2023 10:30 am9 views

  Congratulations to EPOL Professor and Education Justice Project Director Rebecca Ginsburg, who is part of a team awarded up to $100,000 from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences as one of three projects in their Student Success Innovation program.

• Rebecca Hacker, SPED, Selected by Grad College as Marion Morse Wood Fellow

  Mar 9, 2020 4:00 pm116 views

  Congratulations to PhD student Rebecca Hacker on being selected as one of two Illinois students to receive a Marion Morse Wood Fellowship for the 2020-2021 academic year.

• Recently published scholars aim to enhance lives of children with disabilities

  May 5, 2016 1:45 pm86 views

  The team of Hedda Meadan-Kaplansky, Melinda R. Snodgrass, Lori E. Meyer, Kim W. Fisher, Moon Y. Chung, and James W. Halle were recently published in the Journal of Early Intervention for their paper “Internet-Based Parent-Implemented Intervention for Young Children with Autism: A Pilot Study.”

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  Recognizing How COVID-19 and Injustices Produce Racial Battle Fatigue in African American P-16 Students, Families, and Educators in the U.S.

  Jun 24, 2020 5:45 pm123 views

  On June 29, join Dr. William A. Smith, Professor of Education, Culture & Society at the University of Utah, along with our other distinguished panelists, to discuss how COVID-19 and Injustices Produce Racial Battle Fatigue in Students, Families, and Educators in Pre-K through Grad School.

• Recognizing Spring 2016 Education at Illinois Dean’s List and Bronze Tablet Honorees

  Jul 26, 2016 3:30 pm580 views

  Congratulations to the 140 Education at Illinois students who made the Spring 2016 Dean’s List. Congratulations also to the five Education at Illinois students who were recognized as Bronze Tablet honorees.

• Recruiting participants for a research study: Investigating social support opportunities in medical crowdfunding campaigns

  Mar 25, 2016 11:45 am32 views

  Medical crowdfunding campaigns refer to online fundraising campaigns that are specifically created to raise funds for medical expenses on crowdfunding sites such as GoFundMe, GiveForward, or YouCaring etc. We are looking for participants for approximately 50-minute interview study. The study aims at uncovering social support opportunities in medical crowdfunding campaigns. Participants will receive a $10 Amazon gift card in compensation for participating in this study.

  We are seeking participants who:

  - must be 18 years or older.

  - must meet at least one of the following criteria.

        o Fundraisers who have raised money by organizing a medical crowdfunding campaign

        o Supporters who have donated money or helped publicize a medical crowdfunding campaign on social media

  Compensation: $10 Amazon gift card

  If you are interested in participating in this study, please sign up for the study here: goo.gl/forms/nLSNUjZ9Ea

  Please contact Jennifer Kim (jgkim2@illinois.edu) if you have more questions about this study.

• Recycle your electronic waste

  Mar 7, 2014 4:45 pm33 views

  The University's e-waste collection event takes place March 18 from 2-6 p.m. All personal electronic devices that have a plug or run on batteries will be accepted free of charge. The collection sites will be located at Allen Hall Circle Drive, Ikenberry Commons on Euclid, and at ISTC in Research Park. Learn more on Facebook and contact Bart Bartels at bbartel@illinois.edu with questions. 

• Register for SCD's Workshops for Learners

  Sep 14, 2021 12:15 pm50 views

  SCD's workshops for learners show you how to expand your creativity, empathy, and storytelling using human-centered design.These standalone sessions are free and open to students and staff at UIUC - all majors and disciplines welcome! You can attend in-person or virtually, though in-person capacity is limited.

• Register Now for the 6th Annual CoEGSC!

  Jan 23, 2015 2:00 pm29 views

  Registration is now open for the 6^th Annual CoEGSC From Research to Praxis: Scholarship Today for the Society of Tomorrow - Friday, March 13^th, 2015

  Registration is FREE and includes reception with CoE Distinguished Alumni, light breakfast, lunch, and access to all workshops and panels

  Go here https://conferences.education.illinois.edu/index.php/gsc2015/CoEGSC  to create an account and register

  Contact Alisha Johnson adjohns2@illinois.edu with questions

   

• Registration NOW Open for 2021 Graduate Student Conference

  Feb 10, 2021 4:30 pm612 views

  Register by March 4 to attend the online 2021 Graduate Student Conference, themed, Learning Reconsidered: The Changing Face of Education, 

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  Reitu Obakeng Mabokela Awarded Honorary Doctorate from University of Pretoria

  Apr 22, 2021 8:30 am151 views

  College of Education alumna, vice provost for International Affairs and Global Strategies, and professor of EPOL Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela has been awarded an honorary doctorate in Education from the University of Pretoria, in South Africa.

• Reminder: Don't Miss the 2022 Convocation Ceremony with Our Livestream and Video

  May 11, 2022 3:00 pm18 views

  Can't make it to Saturday's College of Education 2022 Convocation Ceremony? Do you have friends or colleagues participating, and want to cheer them on? 

  Join the celebrations online. Visit the Convocation website for links and details.

• REMINDER for Faculty: Update Your Research Summary by July 12

  Jun 18, 2019 10:30 am44 views

  Sharing the impact of your work inspires prospective students, potential research partners, granting organizations, and donors. Please update our Communications Office with your latest research and achievements. This includes anything you can update in Activity Insight within your research summary, any co-authoring or authoring of books, book chapters, papers, and journal articles.

• Research Design and Analysis Help

  Feb 11, 2014 9:30 am28 views

  Need a little help getting your research design or analysis off the ground?  Have you run into an unexpected hitch in the research process?  Not sure how to handle a sticky evaluation issue?  

  We're here to help!

  The QUERIES division in the Department of Educational Psychology offers free assistance for research and evaluation designs and statistical analysis to students, faculty, and staff in the College of Education during drop-in consulting hours:

  Tuesdays from 1:00 pm-2:00 pm

  Wednesdays from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

  Room 236 Education Building

  And by appointment.

  Drop by to discuss your research project with QUERIES consultants! In general, no appointment is necessary to meet during regular office hours.

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  Research From Curriculum & Instruction Group to be Featured at Conference

  Apr 9, 2024 10:30 am6 views

  C&I professor Gloriana Gonzalez and graduate student Saadeddine Shehab's NSF-funded study will be featured at the International Commission on Mathematics Instruction.

• Research Position for Postdoctoral Fellow or Advanced Doctoral Student

  Aug 22, 2013 5:41 pm349 views

  Researchers from the Illinois Graduate College and the College of Education, with funding from the National Science Foundation, are studying the role of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) in STEM education, particularly where “flipped classroom” pedagogical approaches are being employed.  The research team is seeking applicants for a new, two-year research position. Duties will include administering and analyzing surveys and interviews, conducting classroom observations, writing reports, meeting/conference planning, and general project administration. The ideal candidate will have experience with both quantitative and qualitative research approaches, along with excellent written and verbal communication skills.  Experience with project management, grant administration/reporting, and IRB paperwork would also be beneficial. Illinois professors Dr. Bill Buttlar, Dr. Sarah Lubienski and Dr. Wen-Hao Huang will oversee this position. Interested applicants should send a resume to Professor Sarah Lubienski at Stl@illinois.edu. 

• Research Using Social Media Survey

  Aug 29, 2018 12:45 pm5 views

  Research Using Social Media Survey

  Are you a faculty member, academic professional, or staff member who conducts research using social media data from sites such as Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram? If so, please share your experiences related to conducting research and terms of use in a 15-minute survey. All information will be anonymous and will not be collected or stored. If interested in the study, click on the link above. The survey closes on Sept. 10, 2018.

  Sara Benson, Copyright Librarian . University Library

• Resource Expo

  Dec 16, 2013 9:49 am15 views

  Campus and Community Student Services is hosting a Resource Expo on Thursday, January 23 from 12:00PM-2:00PM in the Union South Lounge. Students will have the opportunity to connect with representatives from different campus and community agencies and receive pertinent information about the services they provide for students. Participants include, Office of the Dean of Students, Counseling Center, campus and city police departments, Student Legal Services, Champaign Neighborhood Services, the City of Urbana, and many more! Stop by to learn more about the services and resources that are available to you as students at Illinois and residents of the local community as well as collect some freebies and grab a delicious cookie!

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  Retirement of Drs. Dan Morrow and Liz Stine-Morrow

  Sep 10, 2021 3:30 pm308 views

  A note from professors Dan Morrow and Liz Stine-Morrow on their retirement and new role as emeritus faculty and research professors.