Education & Society

FSU’S College Autism Network partners with leading student affairs organization

Published: December 3, 2019 | 1:34 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

A nonprofit organization founded by a Florida State University associate professor will soon expand its ability to help college students with autism. This January, the College Autism Network (CAN) will become part of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), the largest professional organization for student affairs. That partnership will allow CAN to extend […]

#FSUglobal: Florida State researchers improve teacher training and childhood literacy in Nigeria

Published: November 26, 2019 | 9:44 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Ana Marty, left, a Learning Systems Institute research faculty member, at Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria, with university faculty members Talatu Musa Garba and Amina Adamu. Courtesy of Ana Marty.

A first-grade classroom in northeast Nigeria can be a difficult place to learn. Classes might be filled with 100 students, and although many children speak a regional language called Kanuri, teachers often give classes in Hausa, a wider-used lingua franca. Many of the students’ parents can’t read. Teachers may not be adequately trained. And classes […]

FSU to hold forum for faculty, students looking to publish first book

Published: November 18, 2019 | 1:30 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

The First Book Forum is open to FSU faculty and graduate students who are new to publishing longform scholarship work, as well as experienced researchers. The forum will cover everything from writing a first book to turning published articles into a full-length manuscript.

Florida State University Libraries, in partnership with the FSU Office of Research Development and the Office of Faculty Development, presents the First Book Forum, an event catered to researchers and scholars interested in turning their research into book publications. The First Book Forum is open to FSU faculty and graduate students who are new to […]

FSU research: Helicopter parenting hinders children’s self-control skills

Published: November 13, 2019 | 3:42 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, News

Parents who continue to hover over their children as they move through early adulthood and begin college: Please don’t. New research from Florida State University explores how helicopter parenting leads to lower self-control among young adults, which could contribute to school burnout. The research also suggests that helicopter parenting from fathers could be especially harmful. […]

FSU researchers lead grant to study technology impact on increasing support for individuals under community supervision

Published: November 12, 2019 | 4:00 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Is a smart phone app the answer to increasing support and improving well-being among individuals under community supervision? A team of researchers led by two Florida State University scholars intends to find out with the help of a $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Justice. Carrie Pettus-Davis, executive director and founder of the […]

#FSUglobal: FSU’s Learning Systems Institute turns 50

Published: November 5, 2019 | 2:52 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

For 50 years, Florida State University faculty members have been working to improve educational opportunities both at home and in other countries. The Learning Systems Institute is celebrating its 50th year at Florida State University this month. In the past 50 years, it has amassed about $530 million in grants and contracts and worked to […]

FSU College of Education honors distinguished alumni

Published: October 28, 2019 | 3:02 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

The Florida State University College of Education announced its 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award winners at a ceremony Friday, Oct. 25. Established in 1985, the College of Education Distinguished Alumni Awards provide an avenue of honoring graduates of the college who have distinguished themselves through scholarly, creative and humanitarian achievement and service to their profession. The […]

FSU researchers receive grant to conduct re-entry program for young men

Published: October 21, 2019 | 1:11 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Researchers (l to r) Carrie Pettus-Davis, Stephen Tripodi and Tanya Renn of the Institute for Justice Research and Development at the FSU College of Social Work.

Florida State University has received a grant totaling nearly $1.2 million from the National Institute of Justice to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive trauma-based re-entry program for young adult men. A team of researchers including Carrie Pettus-Davis, Stephen Tripodi and Tanya Renn of the Institute for Justice Research and Development at the FSU College […]

The makeup of mariculture: FSU researchers examine global trends in seafood farming

Published: October 14, 2019 | 12:03 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, Science & Technology

When Florida families settle down to enjoy a seafood dinner they may not realize the main dish wasn’t freshly caught in the nearby Gulf of Mexico, but rather farmed off the coast of Panama. The process of farming seafood in the ocean, known as mariculture, is a growing trend yet little is known about the […]

Race effect: Researchers find black offenders more likely to be arrested than white offenders when committing violent crime together

Published: October 9, 2019 | 4:23 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

Racial disparities at every level of the criminal justice system in America are well documented. Now, a new study by Florida State University researchers reveals it also exists at the initial level of arrest, even when the crime is committed by a diverse pair of co-offenders. The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Criminology, […]

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