Michigan State University’s College of Education will host the Engaged Scholar Speaker Series during the Spring 2020 semester. The series features six scholars who conduct scholarship in ways that directly benefit the schools and community-based organizations they serve. Engaged scholarship can take on many forms, and this speaker series is designed to reflect this diversity.… Read More »
“Name and Shame”: An Effective Strategy for College Tuition Accountability? Due to concerns about college affordability, in 2011 the Department of Education began producing two annual public lists of institutions with the highest change in tuition and fees and average net price within sector (top 5% and at least $600 increase). This study investigates the… Read More »
How Exercise goes Hand in Hand with Healthy Eating for an All-Around Healthy Lifestyle: with Tracy Morris, Lead Nutritionist for Fitbit Tracy is Fitbit's Lead Nutritionist. With a postgraduate degree in nutrition and dietetics from South Africa, she's also an Australian Accredited Practicing Dietitian, and an international member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics… Read More »
Join for the next session of the ComArtSci Talks series, Media & Communication - Moving Forward, as Spartan alumni discuss how institutions of higher education are navigating reopening and moving forward. Moderated by Dr. Monique Turner, Chair of the Department of Communication, Michigan State University. There will be an opportunity to ask questions live, but… Read More »
Nurse Practitioner Julie Thomas-Beckett, BSN '86, MSN '91, will be making her second appearance with a presentation titled, Renewal & Recovery: Coping With a Pandemic. Thomas-Beckett's interactive presentation will provide attendees with communication strategies for dealing with loved ones that share different identities, along with a discussion about the mental health effects caused by the… Read More »
You are invited to attend the Kristen Marie Gould Endowed Lecture on Sport for Children and Youth Thursday, September 16 starting at 4:30p.m. in the Erickson Hall KIVA. This endowed lectureship was instituted in 2013 by Dr. Dan Gould, Director of the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports (ISYS), and his wife Deb… Read More »
Each year students enter Michigan classrooms with a wide variety of strengths and learning needs. The larger variability of learning experiences students had in 2020 has made this point more salient than ever before. The only way to understand students’ development is through informal and formal assessment. However, it is also more imperative than ever… Read More »
Dr. Constance A. Lindsay Assistant Professor, School of Education University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Suspensions remove students from the learning environment at high rates throughout the United States. Policy and theory highlight social groups that face disproportionately high suspension rates—racial-minoritized students, students with a prior suspension, and students with disabilities. We used an active placebo-controlled, longitudinal field-experiment… Read More »
The Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education (CEPSE) is sponsoring a virtual visit with Dr. Howard Stevenson, a national expert on how racial stress and racial trauma can affect children and families. We seek to enhance our students’ knowledge and competencies as it relates to serving racially and/or ethnically diverse children and their families in schools, communities, and… Read More »
What do Formerly Incarcerated People Say about their Educational Experiences? Implications for Education H. Richard Milner IV (also known as Rich) is Cornelius Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of Education and Professor of Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. His research, teaching and policy interests concern urban education, teacher… Read More »
