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Jennifer Richardson receives a Teaching Academy Teaching Excellence Award from Jay T. Akridge, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Diversity

Six College of Education faculty members honored at Purdue’s Celebration of Teaching Excellence

The Purdue University Office of the Provost formally recognized outstanding faculty at a ceremony on Sept. 27, including six College of Education faculty members. They are: Virak Chan, clinical assistant professor of literacy and language, Curriculum & Instruction, Teaching for...

October 17, 2022

Hua-Hua Chang

Chang awarded NSF grant to provide real-time, actionable data to instructors

A new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to researchers in the Colleges of Education and Engineering will help instructors help students succeed.

October 11, 2022

Chea Parton, Visiting Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

Delivering Rural Education to Purdue from the Heart of Texas

Chea Parton, visiting assistant professor of curriculum and instruction since August 2022, became interested in rural education due to many experiences in her own life – including being a rural student from Gaston, Indiana, a rural undergraduate and graduate student at Purdue University, a rural teacher, and then a rural doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin.

October 5, 2022

West Side students harvesting STEM know-how, with side of veggies, in GEAR UP program

Students at the Gary West Side Leadership Academy Thursday celebrated a fall bounty that went beyond tomatoes and beans. The students, who are participating in one of nine Indiana GEAR UP programs, watched the unveiling of a new greenhouse next...

October 4, 2022

#22 Best Online Master's in Education

On-campus leaders in online education: Purdue College of Education

The College of Education’s Purdue Online program jumped from #42 to #22 this year in the U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) rankings for online education programs, putting it in the top 6% of ranked schools. “Data supports that even...

September 30, 2022

(left to right): F. Richard Olenchak, Kristen Seward, Anne Traynor, and Ophélie Desmet

New grant uses ‘positive psychology’ to better support underserved students in gifted and talented programming

Using cutting edge assessment strategies and innovative programming, a new five-year College of Education research project will seek to expand the access of underserved communities to gifted and talented programming. The grant uses techniques from positive psychology to provide these...

September 26, 2022