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Strategic Plan: 2023-2030

In Fall 2023, NC State’s College of Education launched a new strategic plan that will guide our college’s research, teaching, and service endeavors for years to come as we strive to live out our land-grant mission to advance the greater good for all learners. With the Strategic Plan: 2023-2030 as our compass, we will continue to lead the way in making a transformative impact on North Carolina and beyond, endeavoring every day to ensure all learners have the opportunity to reach their fullest potential.

Mission

The College of Education is a voice of innovation in teaching and lifelong learning. We prepare professionals who educate and lead. Our inquiry and practice reflect integrity, a commitment to social justice and the value of diversity in a global community.

Vision

We lead the transformation of education. We ensure access and success for each and every learner in North Carolina and beyond. We produce innovative educational research. We solve the pressing challenges of education.

Our Strategic Focus Areas

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Drawing on NC State’s Wolfpack 2030: Powering the Extraordinary strategic plan, the College of Education has developed a strategic foundation centered on focus areas: innovation, interdisciplinarity, inclusiveness, and impact.

Innovation

We leverage cutting-edge research and innovative educational practices to create transformative experiences for learners and develop new educational tools.

Interdisciplinarity

We commit to inquiry and partnership across disciplines and understand that the most pressing educational questions and challenges benefit from interdisciplinary approaches.

Inclusiveness

We cultivate diverse perspectives, voices and a culture where all our community members are valued and supported, championing equity and justice through our work.

Impact

We leverage expertise and networks to generate new knowledge, enhance learner experiences, improve communities and advance education as a field of research and practice.

About the Strategic Planning Process

The College of Education’s strategic planning process began after NC State finalized its Wolfpack 2030: Powering the Extraordinary strategic plan. The college adopted its Strategic Plan: 2023-2030 in Fall 2023.

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Strategic Planning Steering Committee

The College of Education’s Strategic Plan: 2023-2030 was the culmination of a year-long process guided by a Steering Committee, with the support of Emergent Method and with over 360 points of feedback with various stakeholders.

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College of Education Launches Fourth Interdisciplinary Research Hub with Focus on Civic Engagement

In line with its Strategic Plan: 2023-2030, the NC State College of Education has launched a fourth Interdisciplinary Research Hub. This hub, entitled “North Carolina Advancing Civic Engagement (NC-ACE),” will join three other hubs approved in 2023 in finding innovative solutions to pressing educational problems by bringing together individuals from different units and disciplines.

A graphic with the words reading: 178 new undergraduate students — a nearly 5 percent increase from last year and a 21 percent increase from five years ago.

College of Education Begins 2024-2025 with Another Rise in Undergraduate Enrollment; Teaching Fellows Welcome Largest Incoming Cohort in NC

The NC State College of Education opened the 2024-2025 academic year with 674 undergraduate students—its largest number of undergraduates in at least 10 years. Of those, 178 are new undergraduate students—a nearly 5 percent increase from last year and a 21 percent increase from five years ago.

Devin Kearns Named Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Early Literacy

Devin Kearns will join NC State’s College of Education as its inaugural Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Early Literacy, effective Aug. 16, 2024. The Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Early Literacy was established by longtime NC State supporters Ann and Jim Goodnight to support the activities of a professor who focuses on teaching the science of reading in early literacy.

NC State’s College of Education is a research powerhouse grounded in its land-grant mission to advance the greater good.

#1

in active research among colleges of education in N.C. (U.S. News)

#30

ranked college of education in the nation (U.S. News)

#60

in education and educational research among universities in the world (U.S. News)

“Our Strategic Plan: 2023-2030 provides the strategic foundation that will better position us to live out our land-grant mission to meet the educational needs of learners, educators and leaders across North Carolina and beyond.

Paola Sztajn

Dean, NC State College of Education