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Richard Reddick: Public support for college is slipping. Why that’s trouble.
Jul. 21, 2017
Pew Research Center found that during the past year, Republicans perceiving higher education in a negative light has increased 13 percentage points.

Germine Awad: How Disney Blew a Huge Opportunity While Casting Aladdin
Jul. 21, 2017
Disney's casting of Naomi Scott to play Princess Jasmine missed an opportunity to supportively portray middle eastern women in Hollywood.

Maslowsky receives NICHD Career Development Award
Jul. 17, 2017
Award will fund research focused on demography, health, and contraceptive use of repeat teenage mothers.

Terry Todd Honored with Alvin Roy Award for Career Achievement
Jul. 14, 2017
Terry Todd has been recognized for his career achievements and contributions to the field of sports conditioning and training

Listen to Professor Chris Brown Discuss the Importance of Play for Kindergartners in Inside Higher Ed's Academic Minute Podcast
Jul. 10, 2017

New Faculty Member Eric Knuth Explores the Effects of Early Learner Exposure to Algebra
Jun. 28, 2017
Eric Knuth New College of Education faculty member, Professor Eric Knuth, along with colleagues at UW-Madison and Technical Education Research Centers (TERC), recently received three new federal grants to continue their work on Project LEAP. Project LEAP is a portfolio of projects focused on the development, implementation, and testing of a…

Stanforths Inducted as Fellows of the American College of Sports Medicine
Jun. 19, 2017
Dixie and Philip Stanforth along with past presidents of the American College of Sports Medicine Dixie and Phil Stanforth have been named fellows by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).  The ACSM fellowship recognizes significant contributions to the organization in research and service through active…

National Academy of Education Awards Fellowship to Cervantes-Soon
Jun. 16, 2017
Claudia Cervantes-Soon Claudia Cervantes-Soon has been selected as a 2017 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. Cervantes-Soon is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin. The fellowship will help support her current research project, Building…

Associate Professor Jennifer Adair and Alumnus Bavu Blakes Featured on Blackademics
Jun. 14, 2017
Bavu Blakes Two members of the College of Education community were featured recently on KLRU’s Blackademics TV.  Alumnus Bavu Blakes, M.Ed. ’17, opened the program with a talk about efforts in Manor Independent School District to address and celebrate the increase in diversity that the district has…

McCarthy and Lambert: How Teachers See Stress
Jun. 07, 2017