As community partnerships continue to expand throughout the Philadelphia area, Dr. Meghan Raisch, the Educational Engagement Specialist at Temple University, is working closely with the Norris Afterschool Program to help provide resources to local children, such as meals and academic support. The Norris Afterschool Program boasts a resident-led program working to serve children in the community through education-focused initiatives such as targeted tutoring and academic support. The program regularly has staff meet with teachers to discover resources for families who may be...
On December 6th, Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of higher education policy and sociology and several students attended the first legislative briefing on college and student hunger on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Dr. Goldrick-Rab and her students were joined by influential speakers such as Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield with the Center for Law and Social Policy, Keyona Cooper of North Carolina Central University, and Jalyn Wharton of Kennesaw State University. Pennsylvania representatives Tina Davis and Paul Lawson attended to hear the perspectives of university professors,...
Brittney Williams, a PhD student in School Psychology, was awarded the Psychological Assessment Young Scholars Award at the 2017 American Psychological Association Convention. Brittney attended the APA Convention on August 3-6 in Washington D.C., where she was chosen for the award from 100 candidates based on her presentation of a poster detailing the research she conducted with Linda Ruan, M.Ed and Laura Pendergast, Ph.D. The research investigates the factor structure of the Bayley Scales of Infant Toddler Development-Social Emotional subscale 3rd edition across 8 low-and...
Ricky Strickler, a graduate from Temple's Master's of Urban Education program, is breaking down barriers to music education for Philadelphia's youth. The Aspiring Young Artists (AYA) Project is an example of how to create an intersection between education, music, and the community. This student-centered initiative helps young high school musicians across three Philly schools develop their talents through one-on-one mentorship with adults in the community who can help cultivate and refine their musical abilities. The AYA Project focuses on empowerment through music and allowing...
PhD in Education student, Monica D'Antonio, has been awarded an Associate Research Fellowship by The Future Institute. This accompanies a research scholarship for her dissertation with Temple. The Future Institute Research Center through Lindenwood University supports graduate research that focuses on college transition, college success, and career success. With a focus on data-driven decision making, research fellows work to contribute to a growing body of research to improve educational experiences.
Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of higher education policy and sociology was selected as recipient of the 2018 Grawemeyer Award in Education. She was recognized for her research into the modern struggle to pay for college education, which led to her award winning book, "Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid and the Betrayal of the American Dream."Goldrick-Rab will donate the award's entire $100,000 prize to the FAST Fund, which helps college students across the country who are in desperate financial need. Prof. Goldrick-Rab will match donations that others make to the...
A New York Times analysis, found that African-Americans and Latinos are two of the most underrepresented groups at top universities in the United States. In fact, the percentage of first year students who are African-American or Latino at elite colleges has barely budged in more than 30 years. Dr. Gregory Anderson, Dean and Professor of Higher Education at Temple University's College of Education and Human Development and Director of Higher Education Research and Data Analytics for the Education Trust, Dr. Andrew Nichols joined MPR News Host Kerri Miller to discuss what else...
Photo Credit: Laura Smythe/The Temple NewsThe College of Education and Human Development's Intergenerational Center has received a grant last month to support programs for grandparents and alternative guardians raising children in Philadelphia. But what is the Intergenerational Center — and what are the challenges North Philadelphia grandparents face when raising children? WHAT IS THE INTERGENERATIONAL CENTER? The Intergenerational Center began in 1979 in the former College of Health Professions and Social Work. Now housed in the College of Education and Human...
Eight new tenured and tenure-track faculty members have joined the College of Education and Human Development this year. The range of factors that attracted the newest faculty members to Temple are as varied as their fields of expertise. For the College of Education and Human Development's Renée M. Tobin, a national leader in the study of personality and social development in the context of school counseling, Temple's mission and urban location were critical factors."I was impressed with [Dean Gregory M. Anderson's] vision for the college, and I felt that the social justice...
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney joined Jumpstart Philadelphia as part of Read for the Record, the world's largest shared reading experience — bringing together over 2 million people each year in classrooms, libraries, community centers, and homes across the U.S. This annual campaign was launched over a decade ago to highlight the importance of building early literacy and language skills for every child, so that all children have the opportunity to enter kindergarten prepared to succeed.
Family Friends, a program of the Intergenerational Center, is expanding its services by early 2018 to include workshops for grandparents and other kinship caregivers who are raising children/youth - an issue that affects an estimated 13,000+ grandparents in the city of Philadelphia (http://www.pcacares. org). The kinship caregiver workshops are anticipated to occur on Temple University's Main Campus in addition to sites across Philadelphia. These supportive, educational sessions to help empower kinship caregivers are made possible by a new grant from the Brookdale Foundation...
Photography By: Joseph V. Labolito Temple University's Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to allow the College of Education and Human Development to pursue pre-construction planning and architectural designs for a new early-childhood education facility in North Philadelphia. The Alpha Center, an approximately 70,000-square-foot facility, will primarily provide pre-K for 130 children who reside in the neighborhoods around Main Campus. Children of university employees will also be eligible for enrollment. The proposed center, which will include a community dental...
Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab was ranked the #1 higher education social media influencer (in terms of total social media followers) and #2 (in terms of Klout Score) for 2017 by Third Way, a Washington D.C.-based public policy think tank.Among those ranked are the nation's most prominent educational scholars and public intellectuals including former U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan; Jeffrey Selingo, best-selling author and former editor of the The Chronicle of Higher Education; and Doug Lederman, Editor of Inside Higher Education.Read more about the 2017 Third Way Higher...
Dean Gregory Anderson has announced the appointment of 10 new faculty members to the College of Education and Human Development. "Collectively, our newest faculty have considerable experience and expertise in areas that are critical to our mission. They will bring interdisciplinary perspectives to foster learning, development, and student success and will contribute substantially to the College's diverse educational environment," Anderson stated. "I welcome them to our community of scholars." The following faculty have joined the College of Education and Human Development as...
The College of Education and Human Development is pleased to announce that Mr. William McDonough is the 2017 College of Education and Human Development Gallery of Success inductee. Mr. McDonough is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Constellation, a Mutual Insurance holding company, comprised of medical liability insurers in the United States. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN and currently has three operating insurance companies, Arkansas Mutual, MMIC and UMIA, and two non-insurance subsidiaries. Mr. McDonough has worked in the insurance industry for...
A $75,000 grant awarded to the College of Education and Human Development's Institute on Disabilities from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation enabled the formation of Adaptive Design Greater Philadelphia. Adaptive Design Greater Philadelphia trains professionals to use creativity and innovation to help more families have access to adaptive equipment. They use inexpensive material along with enriching techniques to create sustainable cardboard adaptations. The project uses cardboard to reduce the cost of adaptive equipment from hundreds of dollars to less than 50 dollars...
A new paper published by the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, founded by Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of higher education policy and sociology, describes the first field experiments conducted on approaches to alleviating food and housing insecurity among college students. The three studies described in the paper were led by Goldrick Rab and assistant professors Dr. Katharine M Broton of the University of Iowa and Dr. Daphne C. Hernandez of the University Houston These studies also included the work of Dr. Sarah Cordes, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at Temple University...
Photography By: Gina BenignoTodd Price admits that when he neared graduation from high school in Bradford, Pennsylvania, a small town between Pittsburgh and Buffalo, New York, he had little sense of what he wanted to do—or where he wanted to go.It was a piece of mail from Temple that led him to visit Main Campus, some five hours from his hometown, and a tour that sold him. He applied to Temple and only Temple.By fall of 1994, he had moved to Philadelphia and started as a criminal justice major.A semester later, he was studying business."It was a little bit of a journey...
