Research and engagement
Our research, teaching, and outreach reflect a commitment to interdisciplinary and intercultural engagement with educators, scholars, and policy makers seeking to enhance leadership, policy, and development around the globe.
CEHD First Gen Institute
The First-Gen Institute focuses on researching, developing, and disseminating evidence based practices and building communities of praxis that relate to the experience of first-generation college and graduate students, first-generation employees, and faculty across higher education and initiatives and programs, aimed at increasing access and success for first-generation college students across the country.
Engagement Academy for University Leaders
In partnership with the Office for Public Engagement and Education Technology Innovations, the Engagement Academy for University Leaders offers professional development for higher education leaders that are committed to building thriving institutions and communities. Topical webinars, workshops and seminars are offered throughout the year.
Minnesota Instructional Leadership Academy
MILA supports leaders with professional learning so that they can ensure that every student, especially those who have been most marginalized, has a school experience that makes them happy and proud.
Minnesota Principals Academy
The Minnesota Principals Academy provides leaders of Minnesota schools with knowledge, tools, and strategies to create schools where all students graduate college and career ready.
OLPD Student Research Conference
The OLPD Student Research Conference is an annual event that showcases student research within the department and provides graduate students with the opportunity to build experience and familiarity with professional conferences. The event is planned and produced by OLPD graduate students.
Minnesota Principals Support Series
The Minnesota Principals Support Series aims to provide teams of district office leaders who support and supervise school principals with practical tools, evidence-based best practices, and networking opportunities that will enable them to provide their principals with the support they are seeking in order to succeed on behalf of Minnesota's kids.
Urban Leadership Academy (ULA)
In partnership with metro area school districts, the Urban Leadership Academy program aims to further the professional development of new and experienced principals and future principals. Topical conferences, workshops and seminars are offered throughout the year, in addition to an annual summer institute.
Wellbeing, Equity/Inclusion, and Education (WEE) Research Collaborative
The Wellbeing, Equity/Inclusion and Education (WEE) research collaborative supports an interdisciplinary group of scholars at the University of Minnesota and at higher education institutions from several other countries, including the University of Western Cape, South Africa; University of the Free State, South Africa; and Christ University, India.
Workforce Development and Research Lab (WDRL)
The purpose of the lab is to develop actionable research, tools, and strategies to meet emergent workforce challenges facing organizations and communities in Minnesota, nationally, and internationally.
Engagement affiliates
Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI)
The Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI) creates connections between the college and Minnesota's schools to reform educational practice and improve overall effectiveness, disseminate research results, provide incentives and technical assistance for collaborative school-based research, and address educational issues of state and national importance.
Institute on Community Integration (ICI)
The Institute on Community Integration (ICI) is committed to preventing and reducing the limiting effects of disabilities. ICI applies its resources to improve the quality and community orientation of professional services and social supports available to individuals with disabilities and their families. The Institute is a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), supported in part by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Development (IPID)
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Development (IPID) is a student initiative linking graduate students, scholars, and practitioners with interests in development and providing opportunities to develop skills in leadership and to promote their scholarship in the field of international development.
Virtual Museum of Education Iconics
Images of education collected by Ayers Bagley, professor emeritus. "Education Iconics" is the name of a field of inquiry. The term "iconics" is an abridgment coined to denote both iconographic and iconologic inquiry into the visual expression of educational themes. An analysis and understanding of educational beliefs, attitudes, values, and practices in the societies where the images were both produced and used is possible through the study of education iconics.