The mission of the College of Education is to advance the study of education and the practice of education and to demonstrate relationships between study and practice. The College of Education will accomplish this mission by fulfilling, with the highest possible standards of excellence, four equally important and related functions:
- Prepare persons for professional roles in education and education-related fields
- Conduct research and engage in scholarship directly and indirectly related to educational concerns, issues, and activities
- Provide leadership in the conduct, advancement, study, and evaluation of the process of education, education policy, and in educational organizations at local, state, national, and international levels
- Provide service and support to local, state, national, and international educational agencies


