UGA College of Education - Associate Dean for Research & External Affairs

The University of Georgia , a land-grant and sea-grant university with state-wide commitments and responsibilities, is the state's flagship institution of higher education. It is also the state's oldest, most comprehensive, and most diversified institution of higher education. Its motto, "to teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things," reflects the University's integral and unique role in the conservation and enhancement of the state's and nation's intellectual, cultural, and environmental heritage.

The University of Georgia shares with the other research universities of the University System of Georgia the following core characteristics:

With its statewide mission and core characteristics, The University of Georgia endeavors to prepare the University community and the state for full participation in the global society of the twenty-first century. Through its programs and practices, it seeks to foster the understanding of and respect for cultural differences necessary for an enlightened and educated citizenry. It further provides for cultural, ethnic, gender, and racial diversity in the faculty, staff, and student body. The University is committed to preparing the University community to appreciate the critical importance of a quality environment to an interdependent global society.

Thirteen schools and colleges, with auxiliary divisions, carry on the University's programs of teaching, research and service. These colleges and schools and the dates of their establishment as separate administrative units are: Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, 1801; College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 1859; School of Law, 1859; College of Pharmacy, 1903; D. B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, 1906; College of Education, 1908; Graduate School, 1910; C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business, 1912; Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, 1915; College of Family and Consumer Sciences, 1933; College of Veterinary Medicine, 1946; School of Social Work, 1964; School of Environmental Design, 1969. The Division of General Extension, now the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, was incorporated into the University in 1947.

Academic Offerings
18 Baccalaureate degrees in 163 fields
31 Master's degrees in 141 fields
20 Educational Specialist degrees
3 Doctoral degrees in 101 areas
Professional degrees in law, pharmacy, veterinary medicine
139 Study Abroad & exchange programs

Enrollment (Fall Semester 2004)
Undergraduate: 24,814
Graduate/Professional: 8,386
Independent Study: 205
Total: 33,405 (This total includes 806 students at UGA at Gwinnett and 44 students at Tifton Ctr.)

Student Scholastic Achievement 2004
2004 Freshmen: 4,495 total
Avg. SAT score: 1,233
Avg. GPA: 3.71
99 percent of in-state freshmen earned the HOPE Scholarship each of the past five years.

Honors Program
2,500, including 440 freshmen.
Freshman SAT score:1437; GPA: 4.0

Annual budget (FY 2004)
$1.2 billion (32% provided by the state of Georgia )

Research
Income (FY 2004) $159.9 million
Expend. (FY 2004) $313.1 million
Intellectual Property Income (FY2004) $4 million

The Main Library collects materials in the social sciences, humanities and business. The Science Library contains holdings for the physical and life sciences. Together the libraries own over 3.5 million volumes and over 5 million microform units. Items in the collection can be identified through GIL, the UGA Libraries' online catalog. Administratively separate, the UGA Law Library has its own catalog, GAVEL.

Computer and Network Services
The UCNS Computer Services Sites are computer labs located across the University of Georgia campus. Most of the sites are equipped with both Windows and Macintosh microcomputers. In addition to a variety of software packages and printing services, these sites provide access to the central computing resources, the campus broadband data network, and the worldwide networks (Internet). Most sites also provide consulting services.

The College of Education , founded in 1908, is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the nation. There are 203 faculty, 429 graduate assistants, and 150 staff serving a student body of nearly 5,000 students (50% undergraduate, 50% graduate). One of the largest and most diverse institutions of its kind in the nation, the College offers 16 undergraduate majors and more than 34 graduate programs leading to careers as educators, counselors, psychologists, administrators, researchers, educational and health-related specialists.

These research- and practice-oriented programs are provided through its nine departments: Communication Sciences and Special Education; Counseling and Human Development Services; Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology; Elementary and Social Studies Education; Kinesiology; Language and Literacy Education; Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy; Mathematics and Science Education; and Workforce Education, Leadership and Social Foundations.

The College's graduate programs continue to be ranked among the top tier in the country. U.S. News & World Report placed the College among the leaders in the 2006 Rankings of America's Best Graduate Schools. The College of Education's (COE) overall graduate program was ranked 27th, elementary education was 4th, secondary education was 5th, vocational/technical was 5th, counseling/personnel was 8th, curriculum/instruction was 10th, educational psychology was 14th, higher education administration was 14th, and special education 19th.

The College of Education at the University of Georgia has a public contract with the citizens of the state and nation to define and achieve its land and sea grant, level one research missions. That responsibility is to provide the highest level of leadership in furthering education, communication, life long learning, and health and well-being for all citizens. This mission must be pursued at local, state, national, and international levels and it must permeate academic preparation programs, community collaborations and partnerships, and the domains of teaching, research, and service.

The College of Education will be known for its systematic inquiry, the scholarship of teaching, and the commitment to service through partnerships as guiding principles for our actions. We have established core principles as a way to express our dedication to excellence in education at all levels.

Instruction: Our goals include providing comprehensive and exemplary instruction that will prepare and continue the development of professionals in the fields of education. Within this directive, the College:

Outreach: Our outreach mission is to facilitate faculty efforts in designing projects that provide service to constituents while carrying out the instructional and research goals of departments and programs. This is accomplished through providing faculty and staff development, curriculum development, advisement, research, and evaluation for institutions and organizations engaged in education, including schools and other settings where teaching and learning is a significant focus. Collaboration, with government agencies, with local schools and agencies, and with school and agency personnel for the improvement of education is an important vehicle for addressing this goal.

Research: Our goals include the advancement of education as a professional and scholarly activity. To achieve these goals we are: encouraging and supporting individual scholarships; conducting basic and applied research addressed to programs, curricula and learning; and initiating individual and collaborative research efforts to enhance the knowledge base of education, to inform instruction and practice, and to create new opportunities for program improvement.

Facilities: The College occupies more than 300,000 square feet in Aderhold Hall, the Ramsey Student Center, River's Crossing and various other buildings on South Campus, the fastest-growing segment of the University's 605-acre main campus in Athens.

Computer Labs: 2 Macintosh labs, 6 Windows labs, 1 Macintosh/Windows lab, Graduate lab areas in each department

Classrooms: 42 classrooms with internet, TV, VCR, ceiling mounted projection systems, overhead projectors, white boards; 2 IP videoconferencing classrooms

Conference Rooms: 9 general use conference rooms with TV, VCR, ceiling-mounted projection systems or projectors available from Office of Information Technology (OIT), overhead projectors, white boards; Conference rooms in each department

Library: The College houses a branch of the University Library designed to serve the specialized K-12 curriculum needs of the College.

OIT (Technology Support)
The Office of Information Technology continues to support all units in the College in fulfilling their mission and attaining their technology goals. The OIT provides services in four areas: Instructional Services, Media Services, Network Support/Special Projects, and Desktop Support at three locations on campus -- Aderhold Hall, River's Crossing, and the Ramsey Center.

Classrooms are located in three buildings. UGA and Gwinnett University Center administrative offices, conference room, media services, security office, library, computer lab, and the bookstore are located in Building A. The distance learning classrooms and student center are located in Building B. The gym, weight room, and continuing education classrooms are located in Building C.

Each classroom is equipped with an overhead projector and VCR. Many classrooms are also equipped with instructor computer stations, ceiling projection and smart boards. Other audiovisual equipment may be reserved via mail, Fax, phone, or e-mail.

The library, located in Building B, has an in-house collection of books, periodicals and microfilm. Students, faculty and staff also have access to the collections of other colleges and universities in the University System of Georgia and to the GALILEO suite of databases.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

The University of Georgia, a land-grant and sea-grant university with state-wide commitments and responsibilities, is the state's flagship institution of higher education Thirteen schools and colleges, with auxiliary divisions, carry on the University's programs of teaching, research and service. The University's annual budget is $1.2 billion per year. The University of Georgia Libraries include two principal libraries on the UGA campus in Athens, with several branch locations throughout the state. Together the libraries own over 3.5 million volumes and over 5 million microform units. Items in the collection can be identified through GIL, the UGA Libraries' online catalog. UCNS Computer Services Sites are computer labs located across the University of Georgia campus. Most of the sites are equipped with both Windows and Macintosh microcomputers. In addition to a variety of software packages and printing services, these sites provide access to the central computing resources, the campus broadband data network, and the worldwide networks (Internet). Most sites also provide consulting services

THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

The College of Education, founded in 1908, is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the nation. There are approximately 230 faculty (203 teaching), 429 graduate assistants, and 150 staff serving a student body of over 5,000 students (50% undergraduate, 50% graduate). Nine departments, comprise The University of Georgia's College of Education. The College's graduate programs continue to be ranked among the top tier in the country. U.S. News & World Report placed the College among the leaders in the 2006 Rankings of America's Best Graduate Schools. The mission of the College is to provide programs of research-based teaching and learning and the environment to foster such programs. The Office of Information Technology continues to support all units in the College in fulfilling their mission and attaining their technology goals. The OIT provides services in four areas: Instructional Services, Media Services, Network Support/Special Projects, and Desktop Support at four locations on campus.

UGA AT THE GWINNET UNIVERSITY CENTER

The Gwinnett University Center is a higher education consortium created by the Board of Regents in 1984 to serve the residents of Gwinnett County and surrounding areas. At the Center, University System institutions, including the Georgia Perimeter College and University of Georgia, deliver instructions and services to over 6,300 students. Classrooms are located in three buildings. Each classroom is equipped with an overhead projector and VCR. Many classrooms are also equipped with instructor computer stations, ceiling projection and smart board Computer terminals in the library provide access to GIL (the UGA databases), GALILEO Resources, Internet/World Wide Web resources, and to numerous other specialized databases that support the curricula.

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Affirmative Action Statement
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Pursuant to federal and state law and to directives of the President of this institution, the University of Georgia continues its affirmative implementation of equal opportunity to employees, students, covered contractors and vendors, and applicants for employment, admission or contractor/vendor status. This institution will not discriminate in employment, admissions, programs, services or activities with regard to any position for which the applicant, employee, or students is qualified and will make reasonable accommodation for disabilities. Recruiting procedures require that positions be advertised or publicized nationally calculated to reach a broad race/sex cross-section of the profession or discipline. Such methods may include making position vacancies known via the internet to sources of qualified women and minorities such as predominately female and predominately black institutions through the University System of Georgia Clearinghouse, contacting women and minority group persons who are candidates for graduate degrees at institutions of higher education and "tracking" the careers of promising graduates of this institution who might later be recruited as candidates for positions at UGA, contacting minority persons and women who are members of various professional and specialized organizations through professional journals. The University is aggressively recruiting minority students for application to the University of Georgia.

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