Education

Mellon Foundation-funded project will identify ways to improve student experiences, outcomes

UCI startup incubator helps doctoral student market innovative game promoting life skills

Participants will be provided academic support from middle school through freshman year

UCI alum reboots Compton campus after fraud scandal

UCI program helps low-income, high-potential undergraduates achieve their dreams

The UCI School of Education has been awarded a five-year, $2.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand and enhance its teacher preparation programs. “The goal of our Master of Arts in Teaching and undergraduate CalTeach credentials is to help meet the state’s need for effective educators,” says Richard Arum, dean of […]

Secondary school intervention program will spread from California to six other states

First ‘active learning’ building in California opens at UCI

Few incorporate evidence-based features that align with best practices for teaching

UCI faculty members Andrew Penner, associate professor of sociology; Emily Penner, assistant professor of education; and Paul Hanselman, assistant professor of sociology, are co-principal investigators on a study examining the relationship between education and childrens’ healthy transitions to adulthood. “This project assesses how exposure to different courses and teachers shapes students’ futures: their labor market […]