Graduate School of Education

Faculty Members Receive 2010 Lindback and Provost’s Awards

PHILADELPHIA – Twelve University of Pennsylvania faculty members have been honored as recipients of the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Awards for Distinguished Teaching, Provost’s Awards for Teaching Excellence and Provost’s Awards for Distinguished Ph.D. Teaching and Mentoring.

Jacquie Posey

Penn GSE Fellow Joins Philadelphia’s New Policy and Analysis Center

PHILADELPHIA— Heather Rouse, a Stoneleigh Public Policy Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, has been named deputy research director at the City of Philadelphia’s new Policy and Analysis Center, designed to improve health, education and social services for city residents.

Jill DiSanto-Haines



In the News


Chronicle of Higher Education

The line between two- and four-year colleges is blurring

Robert M. Zemsky of the Graduate School of Education says that higher education needs to do something to make the product better, more relevant, and less costly to students.

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Business Insider

Teacher shortages in America are holding Gen Z students like me back

Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education says that qualified teachers make a difference for students by both knowing the subject and knowing how to teach the subject.

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The New York Times

Colleges are putting their futures at risk

Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education argues that universities don’t build social justice messages to account for multiple perspectives.

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Detroit Free Press

Michigan’s teacher shortage is about to get more financially complicated

Dean Katharine Strunk of the Graduate School of Education says that novice teachers in their first three years at Michigan schools are the ones who need to be replaced, since they’re the most likely to leave.

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Higher Ed Dive

How North Idaho College’s accreditation fell under threat

Peter Eckel of the Graduate School of Education says that it’s uncommon for poor university governance to reach the point where it threatens accreditation, though dysfunction can seriously limit an institution’s ability to thrive.

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