Education & Society

FSU launches Journal of Postsecondary Student Success

Published: September 15, 2021 | 10:22 am | Posted in: Education & Society

At Florida State University, student success means success for all — including achieving equity for students of different backgrounds. Now, as part of the university’s ongoing commitment to student success, Florida State has launched the Journal of Postsecondary Student Success (JPSS), a quarterly, open-access, interdisciplinary journal that publishes peer-reviewed research, editorials and practitioner reports related […]

Equipping the workforce: Triumph Gulf Coast Board approves $11.5M grant for FSU PC’s ASCENT project

Published: September 13, 2021 | 4:15 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

On Sept. 13, the board of Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., approved an $11.5 million grant for Florida State University Panama City’s ASCENT project designed to meet Northwest Florida’s workforce needs.

Today, the Board of Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., approved an $11.5 million grant to provide partial funding to Florida State University Panama City’s Advancing Science and Career Education in New Technologies (ASCENT) project during a meeting in Crestview. “We are excited to partner with Triumph Gulf Coast to develop our regional workforce,” said Randy Hanna, […]

FSU selected as Special Olympics National Banner School

Published: August 24, 2021 | 12:47 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Special Olympics at FSU promotes inclusion both at Florida State and in the community through sports training, competitions and campaigns for people with and without intellectual disabilities.

Florida State University has been selected as a National Banner School for 2021-2022 by the Special Olympics, the first university in Florida to achieve this recognition. Founded in the fall of 2019, the Special Olympics at FSU club promotes inclusion both at Florida State and in the community through sports training, competitions and campaigns for […]

WFSU wins national and regional awards for excellence in journalism

Published: August 20, 2021 | 2:35 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

WFSU is the winner of four Edward R. Murrow Awards, the Radio Television Digital News Association announced Wednesday. The association recognized WFSU with the National Murrow Award for its news series, “‘Committed: How and Why Children Became the Fastest Growing Group Under Florida’s Baker Act.” WFSU also received Regional Murrow Awards for Small Market Radio […]

Back to school: Florida State University center provides resources for families to help young learners

Published: August 5, 2021 | 10:50 am | Posted in: Education & Society

As children across the country prepare to go back to the classroom — some for the first time since the COVID-19 global pandemic began — the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) at Florida State University has launched a resource section specifically for families navigating those crucial early years of learning. The “For Families” section […]

FSU special education program partners with Leon County Schools on workforce development initiatives

Published: July 29, 2021 | 4:24 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Through a partnership between FSU's College of Education and Leon County Schools, students in the special education program and autism spectrum disorder master’s and certificate programs worked with attendees of the Adult Community Education (ACE) Summer Institute. (FSU College of Education/Jennie Kroeger)

Florida State University’s special education program within the College of Education has formed a partnership with Leon County Schools to address the challenges students with intellectual disabilities face after finishing school and help these individuals find meaningful employment. Through the partnership, FSU students in the special education program and autism spectrum disorder master’s and certificate […]

FSU research associate working as sport psychologist with USA Track & Field team at Tokyo Olympics

Published: July 20, 2021 | 12:44 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

As a research associate at Florida State University’s Florida Center for Reading Research, Christopher Stanley is focused on human development and performance — how people learn, manage mistakes and make improvements in educational domains. For the next several weeks, the human performances he will be focused on are those of the athletes on the USA […]

FSU researchers receive $1.5M grant to study corequisite developmental education models

Published: July 8, 2021 | 11:40 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Toby Park-Gaghan, associate professor and associate chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and associate director of FSU’s Center for Postsecondary Success, is the principal investigator for the project. (FSU College of Education)

Florida State University researchers have received a $1.5M grant from the Institute of Education Sciences — the independent, nonpartisan statistics, research and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education — to study corequisite developmental education courses and their effect on students’ postsecondary outcomes. This project responds to Texas House Bill (HB) 2223, which requires […]

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