The primary mission of the College of Education is to generate knowledge about education and educational institutions. The prime focus of research in the college is on questions about education and educational related institutions. A continuing responsibility of the college is the preparation of teachers, administrators and other professional personnel to serve education. To this end, a high priority area of research is the study of programs designed to prepare education professionals. When research yields new knowledge about preparation, that information is disseminated through publication and other means.
Teaching is the mission of all colleges of education.
The faculty in the College of Education strive to provide students with the highest possible quality. As a corollary to teaching, one of the major research emphases of the college should be the investigation of issues involving learning and teaching. An important objective of the college of education is increase the research and scholarly productivity of faculty and doctoral students. This is the premise upon which this paper is based. It is hoped, through the development of this project, those goals will be supported.