Department

Program

U.S. News & World Report Rankings

Other External Evidence of Quality

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

College

Entire College

23

22

21

21

20

22

• The college was ranked fifth most prolific in the nation in education scholarship according to its contributions to ISI-indexed education journals from 1997-2001.

Counseling and Personnel Services (EDCP)

Entire Department

1

1

1

1

1

1

• Five different refereed journal articles list the department and faculty as top contributors to major journals in counseling, counseling psychology, and rehabilitation counseling.
• Six faculty members hold the rank of fellow in the American Psychological Association.

(EDCP)

Rehabilitation Counseling

(ranked under allied health for 2001 and 2004)

15

15

15

9

9

9

• Two of the articles listed above place one emeritus EDCP faculty member and the dean among the most productive in the nation in rehabilitation counseling.

Special Education (EDSP)

Entire Department

10

10

5

5

7

8

• This is an extremely strong department. Every faculty member has external funding, and all senior faculty members have strong national visibility.
• The department is nationally preeminent across most special education specialties.
• The department has been awarded federal funding for five major research centers and institutes.

Human Development (EDHD)

Entire Department

(currently, "U.S. News" does not rank HD depts.)

• Faculty members are internationally renowned.
• Nathan Fox has a career award from NIH, and Roger Azevedo has an NSF early career award.

(EDHD)

Educational Psychology

13

13

11

10

9

9

• An article in Contemporary Educational Psychology ranks the college's faculty as top in the nation in productivity.

Curriculum & Instruction (EDCI)

Entire Department

21

17

19

11

11

14

• External funding has increased dramatically in the last few years. Examples include the $9.2M NSF Math Education grant, a NSF $4.5M grant on early reading and math, and a $.45M Spencer Foundation reading grant.

Elementary Education

19

15

13

11

17

10

• The department has a number of strengths in elementary and secondary education, including the Math Education Center and faculty participation in the cross-departmental Maryland Literacy Research Center and Maryland Institute for Minority Achievement and Urban Education.

Secondary Education

>23

18

16

14

>18

12

Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation

(EDMS)

Entire Department

(currently, "U.S. News" does not rank MS depts.)

• An external review recently ranked the department as one of the two best in the nation.
• Robert Mislevy is considered to be the top statistics and measurement person in the nation.
• James Roberts has an NSF early career award.

Education Policy and Leadership (EDPL)

Entire Department

(currently, "U.S. News" does not rank PL depts.)

• Many of the faculty members are internationally and nationally reputed in their fields.

Educational Policy

16 in 98

9

11

11

13

9

Administration and Supervision

17

13

11

12

17

14

Higher Education Administration

17

14

9

10

10

9