September 27, 2019 Rev. Tim Scully, C.S.C., to step down as head of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives to become emeritus director Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) founder Rev. Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C., announced he will step down from his role as director of the Institute for Educational Initiatives at the University of Notre Dame and become director emeritus of the institute beginning in January. “During the more than...
September 24, 2019 Miller-Graff Awarded $2.5 Million Grant from NIH This article was originally published by Carrie Gates on al.nd.edu. Women are most likely to experience violence from their intimate partners when they are young — and when they are pregnant. Exposure to violence during that critical time is associated with a variety of negative outcomes for both...
September 23, 2019 Dr. Jeremy Fiel Delivers Lecture on School Segregation On Monday, September 23, 2019, Dr. Jeremy Fiel, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona, delivered the lecture "Can Democratizing Educational Opportunities Reduce School Segregation?" in Jenkins-Nanovic Hall.
September 13, 2019 Berends Awarded Two-Year Grant from IES Mark Berends, a professor of sociology and the director of the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO) at Notre Dame, has been awarded a $540,000 two-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences for his project , “School Improvement in Indiana...
September 12, 2019 Svarovsky Receives $400,000 NSF Grant to Transform Engineering Education A team led by Dr. Gina Svarovsky of the University of Notre Dame’s Center for STEM Education will conduct a three-year study to examine how engineering experiences can make a lasting impression on children and their families, ultimately having the potential to influence the children’s interests...
August 20, 2019 New Literacy Research Office Launches at Notre Dame The James R. Squire Office of Policy Research in the English Language Arts will open this fall at the University of Notre Dame under the direction of the University’s Center for Literacy Education . Headed by Dr. Ernest Morrell , the Coyle Professor of Literacy Education and director of the Notre...