Points of Distinction

School of Education

  • U.S. News: Special education graduate degrees No. 1 among public schools; education doctorate also among best

    KU’s master’s and doctoral degrees in special education rank No. 2 in the nation among public and private schools combined, according to U.S. News and World Report. They rank No. 1 among public university programs.

    The doctoral degree in education ranked 9th among public universities and the teacher preparation program appeared in U.S. News’ alphabetical list of the top 50 programs.

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  • KU ranked No. 2 in most published special education journal articles

    KU's Department of Special Education has been ranked No. 2 in the number of published journal articles by Science Watch.

    Articles by researchers and faculty published in peer-reviewed journals are an important indication of a university's contributions to a field of study. Also in the top 5: Vanderbilt University, the University of Texas-Austin, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Louisiana State University.

    U.S. News and World Report egularly ranks KU’s special education master's program No. 1 in the nation among public institutions.

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  • KU part of $120 million national initiative to overhaul reading instruction

    Three University of Kansas researchers and a KU alumnus are part of a monumental $120 million multi-university undertaking to overhaul how reading is taught to U.S. children by 2015.

    The Reading for Understanding Research Initiative is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences.

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  • Students earn Fulbright grants for research abroad

    Eight students from the University of Kansas have won prestigious Fulbright grants and one student received a German Academic Exchange Service Study Scholarship for study and research abroad for the 2010-11 academic year.

    The Fulbright program is the leading international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and people of other countries. Fulbright grant recipients are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields. Fulbright grants provide funding for roundtrip travel, maintenance for one academic year, health and accident insurance and, where relevant, tuition.

    Since the program’s inception in 1946, 421 KU students, including this year’s awardees, have received Fulbright grants.

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  • U.S. News: 28 KU programs rank in top 30; special education, city management are No. 1

    Twenty-eight KU programs rank in the top 30 spots among public universities nationwide, and KU's special education program continues to rank first among special education programs, according to U.S. News and World Report.

    The 28 programs and their rankings are

    1. City Management and Urban Policy (Master)
    1. Special Education (Master/Doctorate)
    2. Community Health (Master/Doctorate)
    2. Occupational Therapy (Master/Doctorate)
    3. Paleontology (Doctorate)
    3. Public Management Administration (Master)
    4. Public Affairs (Master)
    4. Speech-Language-Pathology (Master)
    7. Audiology (Doctorate)
    9. Nursing-Midwifery (Master)
    9. Petroleum Engineering (Master/Doctorate)
    9. Public Finance & Budgeting (Master)
    10. School of Education (Master/Doctorate)
    11. Social Work (Master)
    12. Music (Master)
    12. Physical Therapy (Master/Doctorate)
    13. Clinical Child Psychology (Doctorate)
    18. Clinical Psychology (Doctorate)
    18. Pharmacy (PharmD)
    21. Psychology (Doctorate)
    22. Healthcare Management (Master)
    23. Drama/Theatre (Master)
    24. History (Doctorate)
    25. Nursing-Anesthesia (Master)
    26. Fine Arts (Master)
    28. Nursing (Master)
    30. Biological Sciences (Doctorate)
    30. Political Science (Doctorate)

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