College of Education and Health Professions to Honor Three Alumni

The College of Education and Health Professions is honoring three alumni – Joshua Barnett, Kieran Fogarty and Marjorie Marugg-Wolfe – for their exceptional professional and personal achievements and extraordinary distinction in their fields. Continue reading

New Director of Nursing School Named

Pegge Bell becomes the new director of the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing at the University of Arkansas, effective July 15. Continue reading

Education Policy Student Serves as President of Black Graduate Student Association

Alexandra Boyd, a doctoral student in the College of Education and Health Professions, began serving a one-year term this month as president of the Black Graduate Student Association at the University of Arkansas. Continue reading

Nursing Professor Recognized for Health Disparities Course

Kathleen Barta, University of Arkansas associate professor of nursing, received national recognition for a course she teaches on health disparities. Continue reading

Alumni Association Selects Distinguished Faculty, Baum Award Recipients

This year’s recipients, Gary Ritter, Viswanath Venkatesh and Molly Rapert will be honored during the Alumni Awards Celebration during the 2012 Homecoming weekend. Continue reading

Top Faculty Members Earn Kudos

The College of Education and Health Professions will honor faculty members chosen to receive awards for advising, teaching, research and service at a meeting Friday, May 4, on the University of Arkansas campus. Continue reading

Professor to Serve on Korey Stringer Institute Board

The Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut announced that Matthew Ganio, assistant professor of exercise science at the University of Arkansas, will join the institute's Medical and Science Advisory Board and serve as its chief statistical officer. Continue reading

Childhood Education Student Named Presidential Scholar

Kathryn Allison of Houston is the Presidential Scholar for the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas this year. Continue reading

Graduate Education Programs Ranked Nationally

The graduate education programs in the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas rose significantly in the latest edition of the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools. Continue reading

Literacy Symposium to Focus on Common Core

The seventh-annual University of Arkansas Literacy Symposium presented by the curriculum and instruction department will focus on the Common Core standards adopted by the state of Arkansas. Continue reading

Education Researcher Says Difficulty Level of High School Reading Alarmingly Low

Sandra Stotsky, holder of the Twenty-First Century Chair in Teacher Quality in the department of education reform at the University of Arkansas, says American high school students do not read challenging books, whether they are assigned by their teachers or chosen for leisure reading. Continue reading

Bengtson to Conduct Research as Part of Carnegie Program Examining Educational Doctorate

Ed Bengtson, University of Arkansas assistant professor of educational leadership, has been selected as a researcher for a national study of the redesign of the educational doctorate. Continue reading

2012 Arkansas Health Disparities Conference Scheduled for April 20

The theme of this year's conference is "Social Justice: Building Partnerships for Action." Three conference tracks are disability, advocacy and special populations. Continue reading

Winners Announced in Graduate Student Research Competition

The College of Education and Health Professions had three student winners in the Graduate Student Research Competition conducted last month by the Graduate School and International Education. Continue reading

Autism Support Program to Help University Students

Students on the autism spectrum who are enrolled next fall at the University of Arkansas can receive intensive support services to help ensure their success. Continue reading

Research: 71 Percent of Detroit Parents Have Shopped for Schools

A research team including members from the University of Arkansas has produced a pioneering study of the demand for school choice among families in Detroit. Continue reading

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Educating About Social Issues in the 20th and 21st  Centuries
Samuel Totten, Jon Pederson
Information Age
Staff Governance and Institutional Policy Formation
Michael T. Miller, John W. Murry Jr.
Information Age
Including Adolescents with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms
Tom Smith, Barbara Gartin, Nikki Murdick
Pearson
 New Faculty
Chris Lucas, John Murry
Palgrave

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