Lehigh University College of Education on LinkedIn: Keya W., a doctoral student in COE's Counseling Psychology program, has… (2025)

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Associate Dean for Research Bridget V. Dever, Ph.D. was recently in Washington, DC for a meeting of the LEARN Coalition. Hosted by the Penn Hill Group and Johns Hopkins University, the meeting included deans and associate deans of colleges of education from universities across the U.S. The visit included a meeting with Dr. Matthew Soldner, Acting Director of the Institute of Education Research (IES) and several meetings on Capitol Hill to advocate for funding to support education research.The LEARN Coalition was created with the express purpose of educating members of Congress (House and Senate), their staff, staff of critical congressional committees, and other policy makers about the importance of research on learning and development. To find out more about this organization, visit learncoalition.org. The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is the statistics, research, and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education. Learn more at ies.ed.gov.

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Research conducted by Nic Johnson, an associate professor in the COE's Counseling Psychology program and her colleagues is featured in the October edition of APA Monitor (Many school shooters abuse women, pg. 14). Their research finds that 70% of school shooters have perpetrated violence against women. These findings can influence prevention strategies.

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Congratulations to Brenda Cora, a student in the Urban Principals Academy at Lehigh (U*PAL), who has been named CEO of the Noble Schools charter network in Chicago! https://bit.ly/47UEt3w

Approximately 7% of school districts across the country now contain at least one four-day school, a more than eight-fold increase over the past 25 years covering more than half the nation’s states. Assistant Professor J. Cameron Anglum from the COE's Educational Leadership program weighs in on the effectiveness of a four-day school week. Read more about research on this trend in his op-ed for Penn Live: https://bit.ly/4doBOjH

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“Lehigh has helped me to lean into my interest of studying culturally responsive interventions for multiple communities, which is really incredible,” says Olivia Wojtowicz, M.S., a doctoral student in COE's Counseling Psychology program. "I think that psychology should be for everyone and I want to contribute to that change.”Read about her research at https://bit.ly/3Y4OgAwChristopher Liang, Lehigh University College of Health

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Join the 2025 Summer Institute in Athens, Greece! The Summer Institute offers an international experience open to all COE students and is a required part of the curriculum for the International School Counseling and College Admissions Counseling programs. Summer Institute classes are taught by Lehigh instructors, and this year, the classes will be hosted at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Learn more about the program and check for updates on the Summer Institute page: https://bit.ly/3XUD3mH

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