ABOUT THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

The College of Education at the University of Maryland provides research- and practice-oriented programs through its seven departments: Counseling and Personnel Services; Curriculum and Instruction; Education Policy Studies; Education Leadership, Higher Education and International Education; Human Development; Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation and Special Education. College programs prepare students to be educators, counselors, psychologists, administrators, researchers, and educational specialists. Graduates work with individuals from infancy through adulthood in schools, community agencies, colleges and universities. Educational programs are accredited and approved by the following: National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, Maryland State Department of Education, American Psychological Association, Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Professions, and Council on Rehabilitation Education. The college is ranked among the top 25 colleges of education in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. All of its ranked programs and departments are in the Top 15, with five ranking in the Top 10, including the Department of Counseling and Personnel Services which ranks first in the nation for the ninth consecutive year. Donna L. Wiseman, Ph.D., was named Dean of the College of Education in May 2008.

STATISTICS
Enrollment (2007–08) Total: 2246
Undergraduate majors: 905
Graduate majors: 1341
Full-time tenure/tenure track faculty: 105
Alumni: 36,090 - Web site: www.education.umd.edu

MISSION STATEMENT
The College of Education at the University of Maryland is committed to excellence in research, leadership development, teaching, and service that influences policy and practice related to education, assessment, counseling, and human development in Maryland, nationally, and internationally.

PRODUCTIVE RESEARCH FACULTY
The college offers numerous opportunities for research with highly-cited faculty in its many centers, institutes and laboratories. Faculty in the college are ranked among the most productive researchers in the nation. Fellowships are available in centers and laboratories conducting research in areas including exceptional children, troubling behavior, assessment testing, literacy, urban and minority education, and family and child relationships. The college is home to the Maryland Institute for Minority Achievement and Urban Education, the Maryland Literacy Research Center, the Mid-Atlantic Center for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, and numerous department-based centers and programs. For the fiscal year ending June 2007, the College of Education garnered $13.6 million in external funding for sponsored research.

INNOVATIVE SCHOOL PROGRAMS
All professional education preparation programs in the college build on a basic understanding of and advocacy for children and youth. One of 13 colleges and schools within the state's flagship institution, the University of Maryland, the College of Education offers model teaching and teacher preparation programs involving research and service in early childhood, elementary, secondary, special education, and TESOL. The Center for Young Children , operated through the Department of Human Development, is ranked as one of the best pre-schools in the nation. Through these programs and the training offered in educational policy and leadership, the college has forged partnerships with school systems, administrators, and teachers throughout the state and has influenced educational policy across the nation.

DEPARTMENTS
COUNSELING AND PERSONNEL SERVICES
Dennis M. Kivlighan, Jr., Ph.D.
Chair
Ranked as the top program in the nation in 2009 for the ninth consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report , the department provides the knowledge and skills needed for practice and research in counseling and human services professions. The department offers M.A., M.Ed., and Ph.D. degree programs. Specialty areas at the master's level include college student personnel, rehabilitation counseling, school counseling, and school psychology. The department's Rehabilitation Counseling program is ranked ninth. An advanced graduate specialist certificate is offered in school psychology. At the doctoral level, specialty areas are in college student personnel administration, counselor education, counseling psychology, and school psychology. The department is home to the Center for Human Services . For more information, visit: www.education.umd.edu/EDCP

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
Linda Valli, Ph.D.
Interim Chair
The department is committed to addressing the learning, teaching, and curriculum needs of a diverse society by offering rich and responsive academic experiences grounded in rigorous scholarship. The department's programs reflect commitment to these values. Programs include initial undergraduate and graduate initial teacher certification options in elementary education and in core subject matter areas such as art, English, foreign languages, mathematics, science, social studies and TESOL; advanced certification programs leading to a reading specialist credential and graduate degree programs with focused practice and research specializations at the master's and doctoral levels. Graduate specializations are available across most degree levels in the following areas: Art Education, English/Communications Education, Second Language Education and Culture (foreign language and TESOL), Mathematics Education, Minority and Urban Education, Music Education, Reading Education, Science Education, Social Studies Education, and Teacher Education/Professional Development. The department encourages candidates to build degree study plans that meet individual needs and interests and draw from the multiple strengths of the faculty across specializations. U.S. News & World Report for 2009 ranks the department 14^th in the nation, with the Elementary Education program ranked tenth and the Secondary Education program ranked 12^th. For more information, visit: www.education.umd.edu/EDCI

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, HIGHER EDUCATION AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Thomas D. Weible, Jr., Ph.D.
Chair
The Department of Education Leadership, Higher Education and International Education prepares students for leadership positions as scholars, researchers and administrators in higher education, international agencies, and organizational leadership. It offers three areas of specialization: organizational leadership and policy studies, higher education and international education. For more information, visit: www.education.umd.edu/EDHI

EDUCATION POLICY STUDIES
Francine H. Hultgren, Ph.D.
Chair
The Department of Education Policy Studies concentrates on the preparation of scholars and researchers capable of applying the disciplines of economics, history, philosophy, political science, anthropology, sociology, and cultural studies to the study of education policy and practice. It includes three areas of specialization: curriculum theory and development, socio-cultural foundations of education and policy studies. For more information, visit: www.education.umd.edu/EDPS

HUMAN DEVELOPEMENT AND INSTITUTE FOR CHILD STUDY
Allan Wigfield, Ph.D.
Chair
The Department of Human Development, with its highly productive and well known research faculty, offers a bachelor degree teaacher certification program in early childhood education and research- and practice-oriented masters and doctoral programs in human development as well as early childhood. Doctoral specialty areas are offered in educational psychology, and developmental sciences. The department's Educational Psychology specialty area is ranked seventh in the nation according to the 2009 U.S. News & World Report survey. The department houses research laboratories dedicated to the study of social, emotional, and cognitive development, children's language and literacy skills, and psychological development in school. The department has two research centers, the Center for Children, Relationships and Culture which hosts a weekly colloquium series on current research topics in social development, and the Maryland Literacy Research Center, which brings together faculty in the college conducting research on literacy skills. The department's Educational Psychology specialty area is ranked ninth in the nation. The department is also home to the Institute for Child Study , which for more than 50 years has translated research to practice for teachers, parents, and others who work with children and youth. The department administers the highly regarded Center for Young Children, a model laboratory preschool. For more information, visit: www.education.umd.edu/EDHD

MEASUREMENT, STATISTICS AND EVALUATION
Gregory R. Hancock, Ph.D.
Chair
The department offers master's and doctoral degree programs that prepare students to be leaders in psychometrics, assessment, educational research and applied statistics. A certificate is offered for students in other departments, and a special M.A./B.A. program is available for undergraduates. Faculty specializations include latent variable modeling, structural equation modeling, evaluating test bias, statistical model comparison procedures, technology-based instructional delivery and assessment, exploring test equating models, unfolding models in latent trait theory, and school assessment issues. The department is home to the Maryland Assessment Research Center for Education Success (MARCES) and to several other large-scale funded projects. For more information, visit: www.education.umd.edu/EDMS

SPECIAL EDUCATION
Philip J. Burke, Ph.D.
Chair
Ranked 10^th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for 2009, the department offers bachelor, master's and doctoral degrees with specialty areas in behavior disorders, infancy and early childhood special education, learning disabilities, policy studies, secondary and transition special education, and severe disabilities. The department houses the following research centers: Center for Accelerating Student Learning, Educational Policy Reform Research Institute, Connections Beyond Sight and Sound, Institute for the Study of Exceptional Children and Youth, On-Campus Outreach Center, and the National Center on Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice . For more information, visit: www.education.umd.edu/EDSP

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND THE BENJAMIN BUILDING

In 2006, the College of Education unveiled its web-based timeline of college historical events, titled: Landmarks and Legacies: A History of the College of Education, 1920 to Present (www.education.umd.edu/CollegeHistory/). This project was undertaken as part of the University of Maryland 150th Anniversary Celebration, which concluded in fall 2006.

The College of Education is one of 13 schools and colleges within the University of Maryland, College Park part of the University System of Maryland. The university was founded in 1859 as the Maryland Agricultural College and it became one of the country's first land-grant institutions in 1867. In 1994-95, the university marked the 75 th anniversary of the establishment of a separate school of education at the University of Maryland.

The Benjamin Building, built in 1965, is home to the College of Education. The building is named for Harold R. W. Benjamin, (1891-1969) who served as dean of the college from 1938-1943 and from 1947-1952. Benjamin was a professor, scholar, author, and consultant during his lengthy academic career. He served as dean of education at the universities of Colorado, Minnesota and Maryland. He earned his doctorate from Stanford University, and was awarded five honorary doctorate degrees from other colleges and universities that lauded his leadership and accomplishments in education. His dedication to furthering international education was marked with the founding of the University System of Maryland's University College. The University of Maryland named the present building for Harold R.W. Benjamin in 1980-81.

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION DEANS - 1920 to PRESENT

DONNA L. WISEMAN, Ph.D.

Donna L. Wiseman, Ph.D., assumed the duties of Dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland in May 2008.

She served as interim dean of the college during the 2007-08 academic year. Prior to that, she held the position of Associate Dean for Academic Programs responsible for student services and advising, international activities, outreach, teacher education and accreditation. Wiseman is also a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.

Before joining the University of Maryland in 2001, she held various leadership positions at Northern Illinois University and Texas A&M University. At Maryland she served as a member of the University Committee on Diversity and was the College of Education's equity officer. She is the immediate past chair of the President's Commission on Women's Issues, and served on the Vice President's Advisory Council for Curriculum and Courses and the University International Advisory Committee.

Wiseman is involved with a number of professional organizations and agencies at the state and national level. Currently, she chairs the publication committees for both the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education and the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She is a board member of AERA's Organization of Institutional Affiliates, which monitors federal policy in education, and of Maryland's Association of Teacher Education. She has also served on Maryland's state-wide K-16 committee.

A former public school teacher, Wiseman's professional and scholarly interests include literacy development and instruction, school-university partnerships, teacher professional development, diversity in today's classrooms, and equitable access to education. She teaches courses in literacy development, reading and language arts teaching methods, children's literature, and teacher research and leadership. Wiseman has published numerous books and articles in literacy and teacher education. Her early scholarship centered on children's reading and writing development and readers' responses to children's literature. Her recent scholarly efforts have focused on professional development for teachers who teach in diverse classrooms and connecting teacher education initiatives to public school student achievement. Over the past decade, Wiseman has been the principal investigator or co-principal investigator for over $10 million in grants.

Wiseman received her bachelor's degree in elementary education from Oklahoma State University, her master's degree in reading from Arkansas State University, and her doctorate in reading from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

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