Our faculty and research associates engage in research across disciplines and fields to advance knowledge and solve some of the most important educational problems in North Carolina and beyond. As globally-recognized experts, they are transforming the practice of teaching, learning and leading.

Research Centers and Institutes

William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

Our Friday Institute conducts research, develops educational resources, provides professional development programs for educators, advocates to improve teaching and learning and helps inform policy-making.

Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research

The Belk Center develops community college leaders as well as conducts and disseminates research to address student success challenges facing community college leaders and policymakers.

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Why Gifts Matter: Providing Extraordinary Opportunities for Future Teachers

Currently, there are five active endowed Extraordinary Opportunity Scholarship Initiative scholarships in the College of Education. In 2025–26, 13 undergraduates from across the college were awarded scholarships from those five active endowments. A sixth EOSI endowment in the College of Education will be awarded for the first time in 2026-2027. 

Belk Center, #PassTheMicYouth Named Recipients of NC State’s Opal Mann Green Engagement and Scholarship Award

The Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and #PassTheMicYouth have been named dual recipients of the award, which is presented by NC State’s Office of Outreach and Engagement in recognition of exemplary community-engaged scholarship and outreach that advances the university’s land-grant mission by addressing the needs of communities across North Carolina.

Associate Professor Michael Little Selected to Join American Education Research Journal Editorial Board

Michael Little, an associate professor of educational evaluation and policy analysis in NC State’s College of Education, has been selected to join the editorial board of the American Educational Research Journal.

“We have world-class researchers and scholars who are shaping policy, advancing the field, improving the practice of education and changing lives.”

Karen Hollebrands

Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
NC State College of Education

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