Education & Society

FSU-Teach program celebrates 10 years of success

Published: April 19, 2018 | 3:45 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

The FSU-Teach program is celebrating 10 years of offering students an innovative way to maximize their time at Florida State University. The joint program between the College of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences enables students working on bachelor’s degrees in math or science to receive a degree in secondary teaching at the […]

FSU to feature University of Virginia athletic director in Sport Talk Series

Published: April 11, 2018 | 11:55 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Florida State University’s Foundation for Diversity & Inclusion in Sport will feature Carla Williams, athletic director at the University of Virginia, in its upcoming Sport Talk Series. Williams will discuss her journey of becoming the first African-American woman to hold the title of athletic director at a Power 5 school. The talk will be held […]

FSU to feature Jacksonville Jaguars chief legal officer in Sport Talk Series

Published: March 29, 2018 | 5:07 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Parekh will discuss her role as a woman in a male-dominated sports industry and her responsibilities as a young professional in a high-level executive position.

Florida State University’s Foundation for Diversity & Inclusion in Sport will feature Megha Parekh, senior vice president and chief legal officer for the Jacksonville Jaguars, in its upcoming Sports Talk Series. Parekh will discuss her role as a woman in a male-dominated sports industry and her responsibilities as a young professional in a high-level executive […]

50 years later: FSU professor reflects on how MLK, RFK assassinations changed civil rights movement

Published: March 23, 2018 | 10:34 am | Posted in: Education & Society, Experts

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in August 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

In the midst of an eventful decade for the United States, 1968 proved to be one of the most tumultuous years in history. With the deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. (April 4, 1968) and Robert F. Kennedy (June 5, 1968) occurring only two months apart, the civil rights movement experienced a drastic shift. As […]

FSU and UF colleges of education to compete in scholarship fundraising campaign

Published: March 13, 2018 | 11:58 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Florida State University’s College of Education will go head-to-head with the College of Education at the University of Florida in the “Duel of the Schools” — a two-week pledge drive to encourage alumni engagement and raise money for student scholarships. For the past two years, FSU’s College of Education has awarded more scholarships than any […]

Do your share: Perception of fair division of housework linked to better sex among married individuals in midlife

Published: March 12, 2018 | 11:10 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Husbands, are you helping your spouse with chores around the house? If your wife doesn’t think so that may result in a less satisfying sex life, according to new research by Florida State University. FSU Sociology Professor Anne Barrett and her former student Alexandra Raphael found that when wives reported an unfair arrangement in the […]

FSU College of Education professor selected to craft international student assessment

Published: March 9, 2018 | 11:28 am | Posted in: Education & Society, News

A Florida State University professor has been invited to help create an international educational survey that will be administered in 2021. Valerie Shute, a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems at FSU, will help design a part of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a triennial international survey that aims […]

FSU researchers partner with Harvard, MIT on $30M ‘Reach Every Reader’ project

Published: March 8, 2018 | 2:07 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

The Florida Center for Reading Research and College of Communication and Information at Florida State University have announced a collaborative partnership with the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Integrated Learning Initiative to research improving early childhood literacy through personalized intervention. The goal of the five-year, $30 million Reach Every […]

FSU to feature president of Florida Sports Foundation in Sport Talk Series

Published: March 1, 2018 | 2:31 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Florida State University’s Foundation for Diversity & Inclusion in Sport will explore the role of females in the male-dominated sport industry through a lecture by Angela Suggs, the CEO and president of the Florida Sports Foundation. The lecture, co-sponsored by the student organization Black Excellence FSU, will discuss the racial and social issues that occur […]