The college provides a stimulating, challenging forum in which research and practice are viewed as essential and complementary. Faculty members are dedicated to producing quality scholarship and research that lead to excellence in teaching, professional practice, and administration of educational institutions. The College of Education is organized into three divisions. Research clusters have been established for existing concentration areas to promote and develop support of academic scholarly interests. Graduate programs offered by faculty of the Division of Curriculum and Instruction, through the Graduate College, prepare students for positions in schools, colleges, universities, government agencies, and public or private organizations.
Graduates work as educational leaders, researchers, media and computer specialists, and librarians.
It is designed for students who have graduated from accredited colleges or universities with majors other than education. If desired, a master's degree may be pursued concurrently with teacher certification. The M.A. and M.Ed. D. degree in Curriculum and Instruction offers areas of concentration in bilingual education, communication arts, curriculum studies, early childhood education, elementary education, English as a second language, Indian education, language and literacy, mathematics education, science education, secondary education, and social studies education. The division is committed to research.