Purdue University College of Education

F. Richard Olenchak was appointed the new director of research for the Gifted Development Center/Institute for the Study of Advanced Development (GDC/ISAD).

A multidisciplinary team from Purdue University’s College of Education and the College of Health and Human Sciences’ School of Nursing designed and created two innovative Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to help nursing students learn to care for patients with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and with a special focus on Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).

An interdisciplinary team of Purdue University researchers developed an interprofessional training program for graduate students to gain experience working with high intensity needs students in the Greater Lafayette area.

The College of Education will hold a Teacher Candidate Professional Development Day to help Purdue full-time student teachers prepare for the next steps in their teaching careers.

The College of Education’s Center for Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM organized and hosted the tenth annual Indiana STEM Education Conference, “Generational Advances through STEM Education”, on January 16, 2025.

Three Purdue University College of Education master’s degree programs moved up in the top 10 in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of graduate programs delivered online throughout the country, and two are in the top 15.