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A relationship of mutuality

Poland shares a 332-mile (535 km) border with Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion began in February 2022, more than 3.5 million people have come across that border to flee their war-ravaged homeland. And it has been Marta Shaw’s (PhD ’14) mission...

Marta Shaw on flag

Building community, raising voices

This August marked the return of the Leading in Equity, Action, and Diversity (LEAD) conference, a CEHD-sponsored event designed to give education leaders the tools and ideas necessary to disrupt pervasive racial inequities in PreK-12 schools...

Audience at LEAD conference

CEHD’s Cambodian connections

In January 2018, Department of Curriculum and Instruction Associate Professor Vichet Chhuon, International Initiatives and Relations Director Marina Aleixo, and Department of Family Social Science Professor Catherine Solheim traveled to Cambodia...

Keeping on the cutting edge

To meet the needs of today’s students in an ever-changing world means always keeping a vigilant eye on the latest developments across all academic disciplines. CEHD is proud to announce several new programs and degrees designed to keep our...

Kyle Abatto, Emily Bellinger, and Megan Goeke

Giving Matters: easing financial anxiety

Yiting Li, a PhD student in the Department of Family Social Science, has focused her research on financial anxiety, especially for couples. A paper she wrote on the subject: “A Decade Review of Publications in Family Financial Socialization, Young...

YiTing Li

A champion of student equity

“When I made the decision to become a teacher, I jumped into the nearest metaphorical closet. The message to me in 1999 was there is no space to be an out teacher. That doesn’t exist.” That’s how Clark Hoelscher (MEd ’04, PhD ’14) describes the...

Clark Hoelscher

Looking through a different lens

Each year the U.S. hosts more than 1 million international students, and Minnesota is a top destination. International students have always been central to global diplomacy and internationalization efforts in higher education. The first...

Dean Michael C. Rodriguez (middle) enjoys dinner and meeting new CEHD international students at the event.

ICI’s inclusive roots

CEHD’s Institute on Community Integration (ICI) adds an often-overlooked dimension to the fight for racial equity. Named and founded on Civil Rights-era principles of breaking down exclusionary barriers, ICI conducts research and provides training...

ICI’s disability research, training, and education rejects all forms of bias and much of its work specifically explores the intersection of race and disability.

Working on the workforce

The world of work is in a state of upheaval thanks to many factors, from COVID-19 and the Great Resignation to generational shifts and technological advances like artificial intelligence. The challenges are interconnected and complex, requiring...

John Bricout

Student teachers rise to the challenges of the pandemic

“During the COVID-19 pandemic teachers from the U have been incredible,” says Ruth Krider, a second-grade teacher and mentor in the St. Paul Public Schools. “I’m using the term co-teachers, because that’s what they have proven to be: professional...

Teacher and student