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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Min Zhuang ’26 and Doctoral Student Siyu Long Win AECT Graduate Student Empirical Journal Award through Collaboration with College of Education Faculty

As a doctoral student in NC State’s College of Education, Min Zhuang ’26PHD said one of the most important lessons she learned from Professor of Learning Design and Technology Florence Martin was about the importance of making research visible to the broader academic community.

Professor Florence Martin Wins AECT Division of Distance Learning Practical Application Publication Award for 3rd Consecutive Year

NC State College of Education Professor of Learning, Design and Technology Florence Martin has received the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) Division of Distance Learning’s Practical Application Publication Award for the third consecutive year.

Professor Jessica Hunt Promotes Self-regulated Mathematics Learning through Grant-funded Project Developed with Students, Teachers

Professor Jessica Hunt will further expand work that centers student agency through a $506,345 National Science Foundation grant-funded project entitled “Cognitively Optimized Mathematics through Peer Analogous Reflective Exchanges (COMPARE)”

“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

Research Development Office

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