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Research by Professor Jenny Lee and Higher Education doctoral candidate John Haupt found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from the US and China collaborated more frequently on pandemic-related research than on other research in the previous five years. To better understand how these collaborations occurred, Lee and Haupt recently received a National...

Congratulations to Jessie Harper, educational leadership master's student, on being named the 2021 Pac-12 Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year!

The award was established to honor collegiate student-athletes who are standouts both academically and in their respective sports disciplines. A two-time All-...

Arizona's longtime teacher shortage is a key issue that the College's Pathways to Teaching program is hoping to address. The Arizona Daily Star spoke with Pathways Director Marcy Wood and recent graduates, Suzanne Mendoza and Kylie Grace Danvers-Gay, about the program.

We are excited to announce that Linguistics Professor Sonja Lanehart has been named a 2021 ACLS Digital Extension Grant awardee.

The Digital Extension Grant program supports collaborative, team-based humanities and interpretive social sciences projects that advance inclusive scholarly practices and promote greater understanding of diverse human experiences through digital research.

Lanehart...

The first cohort of the college's Sunnyside Unified School District Pathways to Teaching program has officially graduated! Kylie Danvers-Gay, a graduate of the program, and Pathways Director Marcy Wood spoke with KOLD about the program and its...

Professor and Dean Emeritus Ron Marx recently spoke with KJZZ about Arizona's national ranking — 49th in the nation — of its per pupil spending. Last fiscal year, Arizona spent about $10,000 per student, below the national average, which is about $15,700.

Earlier this month ITEP Directors Valerie Shirley and Jeremy Garcia were awarded the college’s Outstanding Faculty Service/Outreach Award for their dedication to Indigenous education. Part of their commitment has included advocating for a stronger research focus on Indigenous education within the American Educational Research Association Division K: Teaching and Teacher Education.

After three years of meeting...

Ricardo Dominguez, an education policy master’s student, spent the last year interning with local nonprofit SARSEF through the college’s Paul Lindsey internship program. As a result of his internship, he was able to provide the nonprofit with the bandwidth to better track school involvement in their programs and assist them with the transition between virtual and in-person events. Learn more...

Congratulations to Michelle Perfect, associate professor of disabilities and psychoeducational studies, who was recently named president-elect for the American Psychological Association Division 16: School Psychology! Perfect will serve as president in 2023.

The division is composed of scientific-practitioner psychologists whose major professional interests lie with children, families and the schooling process....

The honor was announced on...