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Shaping...Ideas, Minds, the Future

The Graduate School of Education at University of California, Riverside prepares students to become administrators, educators, advocates, and scholars who promote excellence and equity in every area of education. UC Riverside's campus in inland Southern California is ideally located to conduct research among the ethnically diverse K-12 student populations in the region. Students in our education programs work alongside world-class faculty devising and conducting research that brings about positive change for students of all ages and abilities. 

We invite you to explore our exceptional undergraduate, graduate education, and teacher credential programs, each designed to take you to the next level in your career in education.
 

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Dr. Rodriguez inducted into SBVG hall of fame

GSOE Interim Dean Inducted Into San Bernardino Alumni Hall of Fame

An Inland Empire native, Dr. Louie Rodríguez began his journey into higher education at the college, where he earned his associate’s degree in 1995.
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What Does It Really Mean to Be a Land-Grant College?

Professor Margaret Nash is a historian of education. In recent years, she’s shifted her focus to land-grant colleges, which she describes as elements of settler colonialism and agents of American Indian dispossession.
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(From left to right) Distinguished Alumni Honoree Dr. Beverly Young, Distinguished Alumni Honoree Athena Waite, presenter and alumna Linda Scott Hendrick, presenter and GSOE alumna Sharon Duffy, and interim dean Louie Rodriguez.

Athena Waite and Beverly Young Receive Distinguished Alumni Awards

Athena Waite (M.A. ’91) and Beverly Young (A.B. ’79, M.A. ’82, Ph.D. ’88) were honored for their profound commitment to education throughout their careers.
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Given the current sociopolitical climate and the increasingly racialized experiences students of color face in our schools, my dissertation seeks to trace the role that racial literacy plays within ethnic studies classrooms and the impact teachers’ pedagogy can play in developing, sustaining, and extending our students’ racial literacies.
Arturo Nevárez
Ph.D. Candidate, Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Recipient
Arturo Nevárez
Priya Garcia
Teaching is the profession that creates all other professions. Young minds are shaped every day by school teachers, and since I've already been on the receiving end of that process, I want to also contribute what I have learned and keep that cycle going. Great teachers inspired me to become who I am; and though I don't expect to inspire every single student, I hope that at least a few will try to make the world a better place with the knowledge I share and the wisdom I cultivate.
Priya Garcia
M.Ed., Single Subject '19
UC Riverside is a welcoming and diverse environment where I believe I can flourish as someone who is passionate about social justice and advocacy. I have been able to create lasting relationships with my professors and with the other students in the program. The staff and faculty within the GSOE have encouraged me to reach for every opportunity that comes my way.
Samia Alkam
Undergraduate Education Student
Samia Alkam
At GSOE I built memorable relationships with a diverse group of students and supportive faculty. The program provided me with the leadership skills for a position in a global corporate setting.
David Burghgraef
B.A. '19