Our Mission & Programs

Through teaching, research, and outreach the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI) is dedicated to improving the education of all youth, particularly the disadvantaged, with a special call to sustain and strengthen Catholic schools. The IEI programs include:

ACE

The Alliance for Catholic Education: The nation’s premier provider of talent and professional services to Catholic schools

Center for Research on Educational Opportunity: The IEI’s center for research initiatives focused on schools and the learning process, paying special attention to underprivileged students and Catholic schools

Shaw Center for Children and Families

A dynamic setting for advancing the well-being of children and families through basic and applied research, the dissemination of research findings, and service

ESS

Education, Schooling, and Society Interdisciplinary Minor: Undergraduate minor in the college of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame, offering students the ability to acquire diverse perspectives on important questions in education

Collaborative on Ethical Education

Collaborative on Ethical Education: Programs to build ethical community and moral character by fostering scholarship and developing resources for education, sports, and media.