Centers and Institutes - Purdue University College of Education

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James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship

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Center for Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM (CATALYST)

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Center for Literacy and Language Education and Research (CL²EAR)

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Center for Research and Equipment for Assistive Technology in Education (CREATE)

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Evaluation and Learning Research Center (ELRC)

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Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute (GER²I)

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Purdue Center for Rural Research, Education, and Outreach

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Purdue Center for Serious Games and Learning in Virtual Environments

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Purdue Counseling and Guidance Center

A group of people sit around a computer working on a project with graphs and data

Purdue University Psychometric Investigation Lab (PUPIL)

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