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ICHE awards STEM Teacher Recruitment Grant for 4th time to College’s CATALYST

For the fourth time, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ICHE) awarded a STEM Teacher Recruitment Grant to the Center for Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM (CATALYST) for innovative programming in the Purdue University College of Education. The...

August 29, 2023

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Education PhD student creates disability awareness program for elementary students, teachers

A program created by a Purdue University College of Education doctoral student helps teach young children how to better understand difference and diversity - specifically, fellow classmates with disabilities. The program also supports general education teachers and students by teaching...

August 25, 2023

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Education, Nursing faculty collaborate on Dept. of HHS grant to improve graduate nursing education

Faculty members from the Purdue University College of Education, the School of Nursing and the College of Health and Human Sciences have received a U.S. Department of Health and Human Sciences Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant...

August 24, 2023

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Using AR to promote learning at local after school program

A team of Purdue educators are using augmented reality (AR) to promote environmental sustainability among underrepresented students at a local after school program in Lafayette, Indiana. William R. Watson, professor of learning design and technology (LDT) in the College of...

August 17, 2023

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Post-master’s Ed Specialist degree requirements updated, helps school administrators

Educators who want to earn an Indiana school superintendent license must hold a degree beyond a master’s degree – either an Educational Specialist (EdS) or PhD, and take state approved courses in school district administration. Recently, Purdue University reduced the...

August 15, 2023

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Rural Teen Writing Contest celebrates diverse rural cultures

A Purdue University College of Education professor is holding the second annual Literacy In Place Rural Teen Writing Contest to give rural high schoolers the opportunity to tell their stories. Purdue alumna Dr. Chea Parton, visiting assistant professor in the...

August 1, 2023

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