Scopus is a large interdisciplinary database that provides author, publication and journal metrics such as citation counts, author citation records and the Cite Score. Find highly cited literature What is it? What makes something highly cited? Technically, it’s the number of citations
Read moreP-20’s Jason Klein joins college, begins dual role leading education partnerships
The NIU College of Education and the NIU Center for P-20 Engagement in the Division of Outreach, Engagement and Regional Development are embarking on a new partnership to maximize the university’s impact on learners of all ages in Illinois schools, community colleges,
Read moreAlumna Selina Bartels to give keynote during May 13 student-teacher send-off
Future educators about to begin their student-teaching semesters need no additional motivation or excitement for that next step. Yet Selina Bartels will provide just that. Bartels, an assistant professor of education at Valparaiso University who earned her NIU B.S.Ed. in Elementary Education
Read moreFuture Teachers Conference welcomes 233 high school students to NIU campus to explore potential careers in education
For the high school students who attended April 27’s Future Teachers Conference at NIU to learn more about careers in education, the message was clear. Laurie Elish-Piper, dean of the College of Education, was thrilled they had come, grateful for their intentions
Read moreTeacher-licensure candidates volunteer at professional development conference
When the invitation came from the college’s Office for Student Success to attend the National Association for Professional Development Schools (NAPDS) February conference in Chicago, the undergraduate teacher-licensure candidates weren’t sure what to make of it. But they weren’t about to pass
Read moreNIU to award honorary doctorate May 13 to Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White
NIU will confer an honorary doctorate this spring to Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, whose nearly half-century in various elected offices are only part of a remarkable lifetime of public service. White’s long résumé includes 33 years as a teacher and
Read moreCongratulations!
Congratulations to these members of the NIU College of Education family! Jocelynne Escontrias, a senior Elementary Education major, is among 23 Huskies chosen to receive the 2022 Outstanding Women and Gender Advocacy Student Award given by the NIU Presidential Commission on the
Read moreMessage from the Chair
Dear Alumni and Friends of CAHE, We are so excited to have this opportunity to share with you updates on how this academic year has been going here in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education as we head closer to commencement.
Read moreA Few CAHE Faculty Highlights
A Few Faculty Highlights Kimberly Hart, clinical assistant professor, was honored with the Illinois Counseling Association Bea Wehrly Human Rights Award. Carrie Kortegast, associate professor, recently published two articles. Gudrun Nyunt, assistant professor, was selected as the associate editor of The Journal
Read moreCAHE Alumni Accomplishments
Congratulations to these graduates of the Department of Counseling and Higher Education! Jacob Cushing, Ed.D. in Community College Leadership, ’20 Jacob Cushing is the director of Student Records and Global Engagement at College of Lake County (CLC). His dissertation research focused on
Read moreMessage from the Chair
Spring greetings from the Department of Special and Early Education! It is hard to believe that commencement is just around the corner. As a magnificent thunderstorm brews outside my window, I am reminded that spring brings change – change for flora; change
Read moreBill Penrod, Ximena Burgin researching Safe Toddles Pediatric Belt Cane efficacy
When Hunter College instructor Grace Ambrose-Zaken needed someone to research the efficacy of a device she helped to invent for children with visual disabilities, she knew where to turn. “She only sent out grant proposals to people she had known for a
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