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Introducing the Dean's Promising Scholars
Nov. 26, 2019
From left to right: Sarah Chong, Alejandro “A.J.” Sanchez, Leslie Aguilera, and Manuel “Manny” Sandoval, four of the inaugural cohort of Dean’s Promising Scholars The college is pleased to announce the launch of the Dean’s Promising Scholars, the college’s first four-year, full-tuition scholarship program for undergraduate students who show tremendous…

Richard Reddick: Higher Education is Growing Burden for American Families
Nov. 23, 2019
"We should not get comfortable with a normal that has students wishing and hoping for chance encounters with the wealthy so their college dreams can become reality — for all of our benefit," says Reddick.

Special Education Alumna Awarded Classroom Set-Up Grant
Nov. 20, 2019
Special Education alumna Dana Rathbun, M.Ed. ’18, received a classroom set-up grant for first-year teachers from the Texas Association of Certification Officers for the fall 2019 semester.

Meadows Center Receives a $6.4 Million Grant to Extend National Center for Leadership in Intensive Intervention
Nov. 20, 2019
The grant will support the training of 28 new doctoral students over the next five years from a consortium of seven universities including the University of Texas at Austin.

Beth Maloch Selected for Leadership Women's 2020 Leadership Texas Class
Nov. 19, 2019
Maloch will engage in educational and developmental opportunities with outstanding women from across Texas as part of the 2020 Leadership Texas Class by Leadership Women.

Experiential Learning in Action: Empowering Equity-Minded and Entrepreneurial Leaders
Nov. 16, 2019
Students in the inaugural cohort of the University of Texas College of Education Executive Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership program recently experienced a unique learning opportunity that modeled real-world practice. Richard Rhodes, president and CEO of Austin Community College and professor of practice for the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy…

Mary Steinhardt Named American Academy of Health Behavior Fellow
Nov. 11, 2019
Mary Steinhardt, professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education (KHE), has been named a fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior. The academy serves as the research home for health behavior scholars and researchers primarily focused on a commitment to excellence in research and its…

Doctoral Student Wins 3-Minute Thesis Competition
Nov. 04, 2019
Daniel Thomas, a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is the winner of the 2020 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at UT Austin.

Gray and Carlson Receive $1.1 Million Grant
Nov. 04, 2019
Jane Gray and Cindy Carlson have received a $1.1 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, Graduate Psychology Education Program.

La Introducción de un Nuevo Curso de Autismo en Español
Oct. 31, 2019
Department of Special Education Introduces Undergraduate Course on Autism Taught in Spanish