Lee Shulman a professor emeritus of educational psychology and medical education, died on December 30, 2024. He was 86 years old. Shulman was with the college from 1963 until 1982. His trailblazing career began at MSU. One of his many achievements while at MSU was co-founding the Institute for Research on Teaching (IRT) in 1976… Read More »
One in five U.S. adults — or about 23% of the U.S. adult population — live with mental illness, according to the National Institutes of Health. A new Michigan State University master’s program will educate and create future professionals who can support mental health needs, beginning in Fall 2025. The M.A. in Clinical Mental Health… Read More »
MSU Professor Lynn Paine co-edited “The World Yearbook of Education 2025,” published by Routledge. The volume, “The Teaching Profession in a Globalizing World: Governance, Career, Learning,” focuses on the teacher policies and governance of the teaching perspective within contemporary contexts of societal changes and globalization. It is the first volume in the series dedicated to… Read More »
Faculty, students and alums from the Michigan State University College of Education are represented in a special, double-issue of Information & Learning Sciences, available now. The October 2024 publication put a spotlight on social media’s increasing presence in today’s society and its role in “incidental and purposeful learning.” The co-editors and authors explore how social… Read More »
A nearly $1.7 million National Center for Education Research grant shared between Michigan State University and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) will integrate culturally relevant teaching and advanced technology to enhance middle school science education in underserved school districts. Spartan scholars Kui Xie, Red Cedar Distinguished Professor, and Joseph Krajcik, Lappan-Phillips Professor, are co-principal investigators on… Read More »
Michigan State University now offers two expedited options for individuals wanting to become certified teachers of Chinese or Spanish. “There is a critical need for world language teachers,” said Nancy Romig, coordinator of the program and the associate director of the Office of International Studies in Education. “In recent decades, there has been a significant… Read More »
The disruption to education caused by COVID-19 is well-documented, but less is known about the implications facing the special education system. A new study from scholars at the Michigan State University College of Education explores how less K-5 students with disabilities were identified for needing support, especially among Black, Asian and economically disadvantaged students. Declines… Read More »
A study examining the doctoral degree experiences of 100 women and/or individuals who identify as LGTBQ found that an overwhelming majority had overall negative experiences. According to the research, the negative experiences were related to feelings of exclusion or marginalization because of their minoritized identities. “So much of how people learn and experience the world… Read More »
Douglas “Doug” R. Campbell, an associate professor emeritus with the Department of Teacher Education, died on November 25, 2024. Campbell was with the college from 1983 until his retirement in 2015. Campbell was a dedicated Spartan, having been an educator with the college for nearly 32 years. During his career, Campbell helped to establish the… Read More »
Michigan State University scholars contributed to research examining current and future use cases of artificial intelligence (AI) across health, education and the workplace. The research also identified future opportunities and challenges in all three sub-areas. Thirty-three scholars from across the world collaborated on the article. Four are College of Education Spartans: Professor Christine Greenhow, Educational… Read More »
