Education & Society

FSU College of Education to launch new online master’s program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Published: October 8, 2020 | 3:49 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

The Mode L. Stone Building is home to Florida State University's College of Education. Beginning in spring 2021, FSU's College of Education will offer an online master’s program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). (FSU Photography Services)

Florida State University’s College of Education is launching an online master’s program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) starting in spring 2021. The program will prepare students for careers in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL), language assessment, teacher training, materials development, program administration, […]

FSU’s Interdisciplinary Center for Athletic Coaching partners with Women’s Football Alliance

Published: October 5, 2020 | 4:01 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

Tim Baghurst, professor and director of FSU COACH. (FSU College of Education)

Florida State University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Athletic Coaching, known as FSU COACH, has formed a new partnership with the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA), a competitive women’s tackle football league. Through the partnership, FSU COACH will serve as the official coach education provider for the WFA’s new Coaches Alliance. “Coach education and development is an important […]

FSU researcher argues the growth of cronyism threatens American prosperity

Published: September 8, 2020 | 2:57 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Randall G. Holcombe is the DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University.

Cronyism between the economic political elite is a threat to national prosperity, a Florida State University researcher argues in a new book. Randall Holcombe, DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics, says that keeping those with economic power from obtaining political power is necessary to maintain the economic progress the world has seen since the beginning of […]

FSU Panama City offers IBM Skills Academy professional development courses

Published: September 4, 2020 | 3:38 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

The Florida State University Panama City College of Applied Studies is partnering with IBM Skills Academy to launch technology-based training courses designed to provide additional professional skills to students, alumni and community members looking to advance their careers and excel in the job market. Upon successful completion, students will be able to obtain digital certificates […]

Study finds that COVID-19 is hitting older Black and Latinx persons hardest

Published: August 31, 2020 | 10:52 am | Posted in: Education & Society, Health & Medicine, News

Assistant Professor Patricia Homan and her co-authors found COVID-19 is disproportinately hurting communities of color. (FSU Photography Services/Bruce Palmer)

A study co-authored by a Florida State University researcher has found COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting people of color in the United States.   Patricia Homan, assistant professor of sociology and associate at the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy at FSU, said she and her fellow researchers found that the difference between how COVID-19 affects […]

While young students draw on FSU’s coloring book, parents can draw on FSU’s experts during COVID-19 pandemic

Published: April 23, 2020 | 3:25 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

As millions of moms and dads in COVID-19’s stay-at-home Florida wonder what to do next, Florida State University education experts are offering resources to help parents-turned-teaching-assistants make good choices. With activity books loaded with educational bits, videos and guides on reading instruction and a massive database of tested teaching resources, FSU has plenty that parents […]

FSU’s Institute for Successful Longevity launches Zoom initiative to help older adults fight social isolation

Published: April 16, 2020 | 4:09 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Florida State University’s Institute for Successful Longevity has launched an initiative to help older adults use the Zoom video platform to stay connected with friends and family, to access learning opportunities and to stay engaged with the community. To help older adults who are not familiar with the Zoom video platform, the institute offers illustrated […]

FSU College of Education faculty member receives ACA Fellows Award

Published: February 27, 2020 | 3:03 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Erik Hines, associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, has been selected as a recipient of the American Counseling Association Fellow's Award.

A Florida State University Associate Professor of School Counseling has been selected as a recipient of the American Counseling Association (ACA)’s Fellows Award. Erik Hines, associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, has earned the highest honor presented by the ACA for contributions to the counseling profession. The ACA Fellows Award […]

FSUS to recognize students who integrated the school

Published: February 25, 2020 | 3:12 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Keith Neyland was one of the two students who integrated FSUS in 1964. (David LaBelle)

Florida State University Schools (FSUS), known to generations of alumni as “Florida High,” will honor the two black students who integrated the school in 1964, Keith Neyland and Mahlon Rhaney Jr., with a ceremony at the FSUS campus. The ceremony is part of FSUS’ Black History Month celebration. Rhaney, along with Neyland’s daughter, will speak […]

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