Principal Supply and Demand white paper released

Illinois Public Act 096-0903 was enacted in 2010 and reformed the way principals were recruited, prepared and credentialed throughout the state of Illinois.  The new Act mandated that all programs seeking to prepare principals apply for state approval under the new requirements; and in 2012, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) began accepting applications

College of Education student study abroad experience: Bayza Senbetta

Bilingual/bicultural education major Bayza Senbetta studies in Spain during the summer of 2015.

Through the “Jepsen Challenge,” your donations large and small help aspiring education majors afford to participate in unique study abroad opportunities offered by the College of Education. Alum Keith Jepsen ’67 M.S. ’68 and his spouse Kathleen Dore will match up to $25,000 in donations made by June 30, 2016 to the Jepsen International Scholars Program Endowment Fund and the College of Education Global Initiatives fund.

College of Education student study abroad experience: Julia Egan

Julia Egan, a junior elementary education major studies in Spain during the summer of 2015.

Through the “Jepsen Challenge,” your donations large and small help aspiring education majors afford to participate in unique study abroad opportunities offered by the College of Education. Alum Keith Jepsen ’67 M.S. ’68 and his spouse Kathleen Dore will match up to $25,000 in donations made by June 30, 2016 to the Jepsen International Scholars Program Endowment Fund and the College of Education Global Initiatives fund.

College of Education student study abroad experience: Kasey Ockerlund

Jepsen scholarship recipient Kasey Ockerlund with a kindergarten Taiwanese student at a school the study abroad group visited in the summer of 2015.

Through the “Jepsen Challenge,” your donations large and small help aspiring education majors afford to participate in unique study abroad opportunities offered by the College of Education. Alum Keith Jepsen ’67 M.S. ’68 and his spouse Kathleen Dore will match up to $25,000 in donations made by June 30, 2016 to the Jepsen International Scholars Program Endowment Fund and the College of Education Global Initiatives fund.

College of Education student study abroad experience: Sarah Brown

Elementary education major Sarah Brown studies in Spain during the summer 2015.

Through the “Jepsen Challenge,” your donations large and small help aspiring education majors afford to participate in unique study abroad opportunities offered by the College of Education. Alum Keith Jepsen ’67 M.S. ’68 and his spouse Kathleen Dore will match up to $25,000 in donations made by June 30, 2016 to the Jepsen International Scholars Program Endowment Fund and the College of Education Global Initiatives fund.

College of Education student study abroad experience – Tiffany Marzullo

Education majors who participated in the College of Education's Alcalá de Henares, Spain study abroad trip in the summer of 2015 pose for a photo in the school where they worked with Spanish students and teachers.

Through the “Jepsen Challenge,” your donations large and small help aspiring education majors afford to participate in unique study abroad opportunities offered by the College of Education. Alumnus Keith Jepsen ’67 M.S. ’68 and his spouse Kathleen Dore will match up to $25,000 in donations made by June 30, 2016, to the Jepsen International Scholars Program Endowment Fund and the College of Education Global Initiatives fund.

College of Education student study abroad experience – Morgan Delapa

Elementary education studies in Spain during the summer of 2015.

Morgan Delapa is a senior elementary education major with a minor in Spanish. She received a Jepsen International Scholars Program Endowment scholarship to participate in a four-week trip to Alcalá de Henares, Spain, in the summer of 2015. Through the “Jepsen Challenge,” your donations large and small help aspiring education majors afford to participate in