Education & Society

Critical thinking and civil discourse conference challenges conventional wisdom

Published: October 11, 2017 | 3:21 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

In order to create positive change, conventional wisdom often needs to be reconsidered. Are low-carbohydrate diets an effective remedy for obesity? Do patients have a right to self-medicate? Are psychiatric drugs effective over the long term? The Florida State University College of Social Work will host a daylong conference to explore these questions and more. The conference, “Critical […]

FSU criminologists partner with Palm Beach County to address victim services related to impaired driving deaths

Published: October 2, 2017 | 2:00 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is partnering with Palm Beach County Victim Services to address the emotional, psychological, physical and financial aftermath associated with DUI/impaired driving-related deaths. The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Victims of Crime has awarded a grant called Vision 21: Multidisciplinary Responses to Families in Complex Homicide […]

FSU College of Education to introduce accelerated teacher education programs

Published: September 28, 2017 | 1:05 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

The College of Education at Florida State University will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony in conjunction with the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce to introduce the new accelerated bachelor’s/master’s programs in the School of Teacher Education. “Today’s teachers are more than just subject matter experts,” said Marcy Driscoll, dean of the FSU College of Education. “They are […]

FSU Emergency Management on the front lines of hurricane recovery efforts

Published: September 21, 2017 | 3:11 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

The Florida State University Emergency Management and Homeland Security program has been busy in recent weeks helping to serve storm-damaged areas after major hurricanes left vast devastation in Texas and Florida. Most recently, the FSU Emergency Management and Homeland Security (EMHS) program was activated by the Florida Division of Emergency Management to support statewide preparations […]

Educational programs at FSU aim to increase minority women in higher education

Published: August 24, 2017 | 2:59 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, News

Florida State University hosted two intense, one-week programs designed to help women of color, particularly black women, thrive in academia earlier this month. Nearly 100 women, including undergraduates, postgraduates and faculty members, participated in the Sisters of the Academy (SOTA) Research BootCamp and the Priming the Pipeline mentoring program held July 30 – Aug. 5, […]

USAID and Florida State University researchers partner to establish Nigerian Center for Reading Research And Development

Published: August 24, 2017 | 11:20 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Students in a classroom in northern Nigeria, where FSU’s Learning Systems Institute and Florida Center for Reading Research are teaming up with Bayero University-Kano in Nigeria to strengthen teacher education and improve children’s reading skills.

Acquiring reading skills can be difficult in an ideal setting, let alone an environment affected by crisis or conflict. That, however, is the harsh reality more than 2 million children living in northern Nigeria face each day. With the support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a new partnership between researchers at Florida […]

FSU researchers find school board diversity reduces school suspensions

Published: August 23, 2017 | 12:26 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

A new study from criminology researchers at Florida State University reveals that a more diverse school board can lead to more equitable school punishment among black, white and Hispanic students. The team found that black and Hispanic students were more likely to be suspended in schools with larger minority populations. However, white students attending schools with larger […]

FSU Research: Florida’s college continue to make student-centered changes based on 2013 legislation

Published: August 18, 2017 | 12:25 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

A new report by Florida State University’s Center for Postsecondary Success found that institutional transformation remains the focus of institutions in the Florida College System as they continue to respond to a state law intended to address student success and developmental education reform in Florida’s colleges. Researchers at the Center for Postsecondary Success have […]

Florida State leads research to strengthen advanced manufacturing education in rural areas

Published: August 14, 2017 | 10:39 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Florida State University’s College of Communication and Information is teaming up with Chipola College to better prepare students for careers in advanced manufacturing. A three-year study, funded with $800,000 from the National Science Foundation, will measure the effectiveness of the classroom-to-career path offered by advanced manufacturing programs at Chipola College and collaborating colleges in Northwest […]

FSU student and alumnus selected to attend prestigious economics meeting

Published: August 9, 2017 | 3:52 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

A graduate student and an alumnus from the Florida State University Department of Economics have been selected to participate in the 6th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences in Lindau, Germany, taking place Aug. 22-26. Graduate student Steven Landgraf from DeForest, Wis., and alumnus Phil Brookins of Largo, Fla., will meet with Nobel laureates in their […]

FSU researchers receive $1M federal grant to enhance diversity in higher education

Published: July 7, 2017 | 11:16 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Alysia Roehrig, assistant professor in the FSU College of Education.

Florida State University researchers, in partnership with Florida A&M University, have received a $1 million federal grant to support the recruitment and academic success of doctoral students from underrepresented populations. The five-year grant from the Institute of Education Sciences, the independent, nonpartisan statistics, research and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education, is intended […]