Georgia State University economist Tim Sass has been ranked among the nation’s top education scholars, according to the 2022 “Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings” released today by Education Week blogger Frederick M. Hess, the American Enterprise Institute’s director of education policy studies.
Andrew Gumbel’s prize-winning book “Won’t Lose This Dream: How an Upstart Urban University Rewrote the Rules of a Broken System” recounts Georgia State’s highly successful efforts to level the playing field for students from all backgrounds.
Erica McGuire is succeeding in the classroom and on the home front. As a full-time, single mom to 8-year-old Keaton Rae, she admits it can be tough focusing on both studying and parenting.
If there’s a problem, Urjoshi Kar wants to fix it. She’s not going to wait and hope that others will step up. This is just one attribute that led her to the Presidential Scholarship in the Honors College at Georgia State.
Georgia State alumna Delores A. Varner (B.S.W. ’96, M.S.W. ‘01) and friends of Mindy Wertheimer recently endowed two scholarships for social work students.
Professor Gary Bingham and colleagues from Michigan State University and Texas A&M University have received a four-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences to support preschool-aged children’s early writing development.
Osi Zelaya can't believe she's living her dream of going to college. She's a first-generation student with a 4.0 grade point average and a fierce desire to help other students succeed as well.
The terror attacks of 9/11 cemented Richard Guan's desire to serve his country. Guan and more than 2,800 military-connected students at Georgia State will be honored during special Veterans Recognition ceremonies at Georgia State's Clarkston and Atlanta campuses this week.
Georgia State University has received a transformational $5 million gift from Snap Inc. to support the preparation of educators to integrate computer science across the curriculum and continue to diversify the computer science education field.
Aliyah Bradley-Davino plans to change special education policies and programs for all students of color.
