It's about People
The Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services is about people. This year we celebrate our 81st year of preparing people for careers in education and human services.
For the past decade, according to U.S. News and World Report, we’ve ranked in the top tier of programs nationally—indeed, the only such program in the Intermountain West and Desert Southwest to achieve and maintain this distinction. Our current ranking—24th in a field of over 1200 and 3rd nationally in research funding—suggests that we know how to do life-changing work in education and human services.
Building on a proud history, ours is an ongoing commitment to excellence in:
- Preparing high quality teachers, administrators/supervisors, and human service personnel for productive careers
- Offering research-based programs, delivered both on-campus and via distance education, to those who serve at-risk individuals and low-performing schools
- Providing our students, clients, and community partners with first-rate facilities and advanced technology
Today, the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services prepares more elementary, special education, and early childhood teachers than any other state-funded institution. And thanks to our network of Regional Campuses and 30 years of distance education leadership, we’re well positioned to help Utah’s people -helping professions for generations to come.
College of Education and Human Services Renamed!
Utah State University celebrated two significant gifts on April 23rd and announced the renaming of its prestigious College of Education and Human Services to the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services. The $25 million gift from the Emma Eccles Jones Foundation will support design and construction of a new building and five endowed faculty chairs in early childhood education. An additional $1 million gift from the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation will support a new Center for Early Care and Education named for Dolores Doré Eccles. Read more...
Exemplary Faculty Use of Technology Award
Beth E. Foley, Department Head for Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, and Deborah Byrnes, Director of the Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral Program, received the 2008 Exemplary Faculty Use of Technology Award from The Office of the Commissioner & Utah elearning Connection.