Centers & Institutes

The College of Education is home to a number of centers and institutes. While some are part of the College's research agenda, many centers are funded by state or national grants, to coordinate national research and/or outreach efforts in the field of education.

Centers and Institutes

American Center for the Study of Distance Education (ACDE)

ACDE website
301 Keller Building
University Park, PA 16802

Will Diehl, director
[email protected]
814-865-0321

Center for Education and Civil Rights (CECR)

CECR website
300 Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802

Erica Frankenberg, co-founder and director
[email protected]
814-865-5862

Center for Educational Disparities Research (CEDR)

CEDR website

Paul Morgan, director
310E Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802

814-865-9740
[email protected]

Center for Evaluation and Education Policy Analysis (CEEPA)

CEEPA website

Ed Fuller, director
[email protected]
814-865-2233

Center for Science and the Schools (CSATS)

CSATS website
182 Chambers Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-5664

Kathleen Hill, director
[email protected]

Center for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE)

CSHE website
400 Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-6346

Alicia Dowd, director
[email protected]

Center for the Study of Leadership and Ethics (CSLE)

CSLE website
Department of Education Policy Studies
207B Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802

Dana Mitra, director
814-863-7020
[email protected]

Center on Rural Education and Communities (CREC)

CREC Web Site
200 Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-863-3779

Kai Schafft, director
[email protected]

Edwin L. Herr Clinic

Offering both School Psychology and Counseling Services

Edwin L. Herr Clinic website
100 CEDAR Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-1881

Shirley Woika, Coordinator, School Psychological Services
[email protected]
(814) 863-2421

Kristen Nadermann, Coordinator of Counseling Services
[email protected]
814-867-2417

Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy

Goodling Institute website

405 Keller Building
University Park, PA 16802

Esther Prins, co-director
[email protected]
814-865-0597