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Fall course to examine history of Penn State

5/12/17

A course examining the history of Penn State from its founding as the Farmers' High School in 1855 to its evolution as one of the nation's leading research universities will be offered for the first time this fall.

Center for Education and Civil Rights to host forum Feb. 21

2/14/17

The Center for Education and Civil Rights will host a forum from noon to 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, in 236 Chambers Building, to discuss policy continuity and change in civil rights in post-secondary and professional education in the Trump Administration.

Charlie Nutt, Executive Director of NACADA, will speak at the 15th annual Professional Development Conference on Academic Advising.

Academic advising conference set for Sept. 30

9/7/16

“Transitions: Energizing Advising and Student Communities for Change” is the theme of the 15th annual professional development conference on academic advising, scheduled to take place Sept. 30 at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus.

Penn State hosts U.S.-India Higher Ed Research Conference Oct. 10-11

10/6/11

Penn State will host a high-level delegation of invited researchers and administrators from the U.S. and India Oct. 10-11, 2011, to create a network of scholars and policy makers that can serve as a think-tank for discussing opportunities and challenges associated with higher education in India. "We expect that this inaugural conference will also contribute to establishing and strengthening relationships and friendships between academic communities in the U.S. and in India, and of course with Penn State," said Michael Adewumi, vice provost for Global Programs and leader of the Global Engagement Network strategy.

Scholars debate future role of land-grant universities at Penn State

6/24/11

Five major issues are challenging America's land-grant universities, according to Penn State President Graham Spanier and echoed by conference leaders and presenters at The Legacy and the Promise: 150 Years of Land-Grant Universities, which concluded June 24 at Penn State. As land-grant institutions review their collective history to prepare for the 150th anniversary in 2012 of the Morrill Land-Grant College Act, they also address questions of weakening state support as well as varying interpretations of the land-grant mission.

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Conference reviews history, impact, future of land-grant universities

6/20/11

American land-grant colleges and universities -- beneficiaries of the federal Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862 -- are turning their attention to the transformational legislation as its 150th anniversary approaches in 2012. Penn State is initiating the conversation June 22-24 by hosting a national conference focused on land-grant universities' history and impact.

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Alumni couple endows student support for higher education

7/6/10

A State College couple has pledged $50,000 to create an endowment in the College of Education. The John and Gina Ikenberry Endowment for Student Support in Higher Education will support research and travel for graduate students pursuing a doctorate degree in higher education.

Education graduate students publish seventh peer-reviewed journal

5/27/10

Graduate students in Penn State's College of Education have published the seventh edition of the peer-reviewed academic journal Higher Education in Review. The peer-reviewed journal advances scholarly discourse in the field of higher education while providing experience in academic publishing to aspiring higher education scholars.

Catching Up with Donald Heller

4/27/10

Why did you go into higher education policy studies?

I started my career in higher education as an administrator, working primarily in the information technology field. After doing this for a dozen years, I got tired of it and went to graduate school, thinking I would train for some other administrative career. But instead I got turned on to teaching and doing research, and that inspired me to become a professor.

What's the biggest challenge faced by American colleges and universities?

College of education graduate programs continue to earn high rankings

4/22/10

Penn State's College of Education and its graduate programs continue to earn high rankings, as shown in the latest national rankings of graduate programs released on April 15 by US News & World Report. All of the College's graduate programs appear at least in the top 20 of their respective program rankings, with six programs in the top 10. The College's Higher Education program was ranked first for the third time in four years.

Probing Question: What are prepaid college tuition plans?

2/26/10

John Rockey started planning for his daughters' college educations soon after they were born. A prepaid savings plan that Rockey set up in 1988 will provide his second oldest daughter Rebecca, now a freshman at Penn State, with guaranteed college tuition—at 1988 rates—until the day she graduates.

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Journal interviews Spanier on changing role of university presidents

10/1/09

Jeff Selingo, editor of the The Chronicle of Higher Education, interviewed Penn State President Graham Spanier recently regarding the changing role of the public university president. Selingo and Spanier address topics including the increasing challenges such presidents face today as compared with past years and why he and his counterparts are "seldom inclined to speak out on political issues."