Professor Brendan Cantwell became the Dr. Mildred B. Erickson Distinguished Chair in Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education in summer 2024. The endowed position — named after the mother of the late Dean Emeritus Bruce Erickson — enhances and supports the research of College of Education scholars. Cantwell is the seventh to hold the role, which… Read More »
Michigan State University Assistant Professor Stefanie L. Marshall was one of 16 practitioners and scholars who contributed to the “Equity in K-12 STEM Education: Framing Decisions for the Future” national consensus report. The framework, released in July by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), equips teachers and school/district leaders with recommendations to… Read More »
Michigan State University is part of a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences to enhance early literacy and responsible artificial intelligence use nationwide. MSU Associate Professor Laura Tortorelli is one of the project’s co-principal investigators. The five-year grant will establish a Center for Early Literacy and Responsible AI… Read More »
A long-standing Michigan State University doctoral program has a refreshed name and redesigned courses. The Counselor Education and Supervision doctoral program replaces the former Rehabilitation Counselor Education program. Notable changes include consolidating the overall credit hours (from 74 to 66), redesigning courses to broaden the scope of training in counselor education and incorporating an option… Read More »
Michigan State University doctoral candidate Yétúndé Alábedé conducted a five-week research trip in Nigeria where she explored the language practices of migrant communities in summer 2024. Each year, the Alliance for African Partnership (AAP) Fellowship supports graduate students’ academic research in Africa and fosters collaboration between African institutions and MSU. Alábedé, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate… Read More »
Michigan State University and Grand Rapids Public Schools, or GRPS, will launch the inaugural Community Teachers cohort in October 2024. The initiative will help future educators start their careers sooner and will culminate in full-time teaching job offers in a GRPS K-12 school upon program completion. Fifteen students are in the pilot cohort. They can… Read More »
Four Spartans will receive the reinstated College of Education Alumni Awards in October 2024. The annual awards celebrate alums across the college for their significant contributions to their field, their communities, the college and the university. “These alums represent a fraction of the incredible community of MSU College of Education graduates,” said Jerlando F. L.… Read More »
A nearly $4.7 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant shared between Michigan State University and University of Southern California (USC) will leverage artificial intelligence to create a professional development program for elementary math teachers. The five-year, four-phase project launching in October 2024, will be led by Principal Investigator Yasemin Copur-Gencturk (USC Rossier School of Education),… Read More »
Michigan State University Associate Professor Leapetswe “Leps” Malete became president-elect of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) in September 2024. He will serve as president-elect for one year and then as president in the 2025-2026 academic year. He will be a past president beginning in fall 2026. “I… Read More »
In 2020, the world changed, and education along with it, in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers have examined how the pandemic — and this so-called post-pandemic era — generally impacted schooling and education. MSU researchers say that these previous findings often paint a bleak picture, focusing on “damage-centered approaches” to what was lost in… Read More »
