educational research and evalution Archives

Decade of distinction: U.S. News ranks online graduate degrees in nation’s best

February 3, 2021 Mark McGowan CAHE, enewsletter, ETRA, LEPF

Online graduate programs in the NIU College of Education are celebrating their 10th consecutive year of high acclaim from U.S. News & World Report. The College of Education is ranked 21, placing in the top 10% of the 296 institutions assessed with

Have passport, will travel: Tom Smith circles globe to present, learn, browse

March 13, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA

Tom Smith really gets around. In November, it was Taiwan. The Presidential Teaching Professor in the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment (ETRA) made the journey to Asia to participate in the Taiwan Educational Research Association (TERA) conference in Kaohsiung, Taiwan,

U.S. News raises NIU College of Ed score in annual online grad program rankings

January 18, 2019 Mark McGowan CAHE, CI, enewsletter, ETRA, LEPF

The NIU College of Education remains in the country’s Top 10 among U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of online graduate programs. NIU ties for ninth with Pennsylvania State University-World Campus, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Virginia (Curry).

Well-prepared ETRA students present research at MWERA, AECT conferences

October 30, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA

Several graduate students from the NIU College of Education – mostly members of the ETRA-GSA – traveled to and presented at professional conferences that began Oct. 25. First, however, many of them gathered Oct. 22 in Gabel 222 to rehearse their presentations

Educational Research and Evaluation teams with Honors on direct-admission

October 30, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA

NIU Honors students of all majors now have guaranteed admission to the Master of Science program in Educational Research and Evaluation. The unique opportunity also includes a reimbursement of the Graduate Application Fee and a waiver of the GRE General Test. “In

U.S. News extols College of Ed online grad programs – again

January 23, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA, LEPF

Another January, another celebration of a Top 5 ranking from U.S. News & World Report for the NIU College of Education’s online graduate programs. NIU is tied for fifth with the University of Houston and Utah State University this year, bringing the

CoE online graduate programs earn high U.S. News rankings for fifth consecutive year

January 10, 2017 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA, Graduate Programs, LEPF

Online graduate programs in the NIU College of Education continue to perform near the top of the country, according to new rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report. NIU places fourth (tied with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln) in the current