Though it’s difficult to pinpoint an exact number, a growing number of young people with autism spectrum disorder are choosing to go to college. Some write about their diagnosis in their college application essays and immediately request services from on-campus disabled student services offices. But many others don’t. They enter college hoping for a fresh...
Three years ago, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, or JPL, joined forces with UC Riverside’s Graduate School of Education to bring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, programming to schools throughout the region. The partnership began when NASA selected UCR Assistant Professor of Teaching Cathy Lussier as a faculty team leader for NASA’s Minority University...
Faculty, researchers, and students of the Graduate School of Education will be honored and presenting at the 2019 American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting in April in Toronto, Canada. AERA is the largest national interdisciplinary research association devoted to the scientific study of education and learning. This year's theme is "Leveraging Education Research in...
A professor in UC Riverside’s Graduate School of Education is the recipient of two peer-nominated awards from the Council for Exceptional Children. Asha Jitendra, who joined the education school in 2018 and holds its Peloy Chair in Learning Disabilities, was presented with both the council’s Special Education Research Award and its Division for Learning Disabilities’...
