The Department of Educational Psychology & Higher Education provides instruction in, and the delivery of, innovative research to inform the educational process from early childhood through higher education. Our mission is accomplished through:

• Preparing graduates for leadership positions in diverse settings and roles including:
  • faculty in colleges and universities
  • measurement and evaluation specialists in public and private settings
  • school psychology practitioners
  • educational administrators at local, state, national, and international levels
• Providing foundational support for programs across the university including:
  • core content in the psychology of learning, motivation, cognition, problem solving, instruction, human development
  • psychological and educational assessment
  • measurement, statistics, evaluation, and research methodology
• Investigating educational policy to inform practice in P-12 through higher education