We are honored to have recently been awarded the highest standard of accreditation from the NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education). NCATE also recognized the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) for exemplary performance in our partnership with local schools. “We are attracting a very talented pool of teacher candidates,” CEHD Dean Jean Quam [...]
Some of the most prominent, world-changing inventors have had some of the biggest imaginations. Take Henry Ford, for instance. Had Henry Ford thought about transportation like everyone else, he likely would have focused on creating faster horses rather than revolutionizing the transportation industry. Higher education could take a lesson from Ford. The higher education landscape [...]
New U.S.-China Center for Sports Culture Exchange at the Tianjin University of Sport Read the recent coverage on the U.S.-China Center, in UMN CEHD Connect Magazine This past spring we celebrated the inauguration of the new U.S.-China Center for Sports Culture Exchange at the Tianjin University of Sport—roughly 100 miles southeast of Beijing. This unique [...]
University students on average spend about $1,200 on course materials each year – a cost that has dramatically increased over the years along with tuition and living expenses. To help lower costs for students and increase access to higher education, the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) created an online tool [...]
The iPad may only be two and a half years old, but it’s already changed the way educators teach and students learn in the classroom. I want to share our experiences from the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) pioneering research in using technology in the classroom to get students excited [...]