In conjunction with leaders in the public schools and at other institutions, we are dedicated to discovering new knowledge and to rigorously testing innovative methods and new hypotheses. Graduate students are an integral part of this enterprise. Working directly with faculty, teachers, and members of the community, graduate students play an important role in pursuing the research agenda for the next century, while applying skills learned in the classroom. In addition, involvement in a Curry School center, clinic, or lab often provides opportunities to coauthor papers with faculty members and to identify worthwhile dissertation studies.
Students also gain practical experience through a variety of modern facilities.
The McCue Center and Memorial Gymnasium provide space for athletic clinics and physical education programs. This center provides psychological and educational services to the public and serves as an in-house training facility for graduate students. Students conduct psychotherapy sessions, administer personality and psychoeducational assessments, and provide other psychological services under faculty supervision. The McGuffey Reading Center functions as a laboratory for the study of the reading process. It promotes clinical and empirical research in developmental reading and prepares master's and doctoral candidates to serve as reading-language specialists.