2009 Fact Sheet

Overview

The University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education is the only named school or college at UConn. In 1999, it was renamed to honor UConn alum Ray Neag, who gave $21 million to the school of education. At the time, it was the largest gift ever given to any school of education in the country.

• In addition to our Teacher Education Unit, four departments com- prise the Neag School: Educational Psychology, Educational Leadership, Kinesiology, and Curriculum & Instruction.
• Through research and service the Neag School has developed relationships with 70% of Connecticut’s communities and more than 4,300 U.S. and international schools.
• The Carnegie Foundation has designated UConn, and therefore the Neag School, as a Research University-Extensive. This distinction is awarded to fewer than four percent of universities in the U.S.
• In addition to its 10 centers and 4 labs, the Neag School is home to two national research centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education:
  • National Research Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development
  • Technical Assistance Center for Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports
• The Nayden Rehabilitation Clinic, an entity of the Dept. of Kinesiology, treats over 1000 patients each year from UConn and the surrounding communities and serves as a clinical site for our physical therapy students.

 

Grants

$53 million - includes new and previously awarded multi-year grants.

 

Endowments

$22 million

The Neag School has three endowed chairs and one endowed professorship:

• Raymond and Lynn Chair of Gifted Education and Talent Development
• John and Maria Neag Chair in Literacy and Technology
• Carole J. Neag Chair in Special Education
• Neag Professorship in Adult Learning

 

Student Support

Scholarships awarded $110,000 (2008 - 2009)

 

Rankings

According to the 2010 rankings by U.S.News & World Report, the Neag School of Education is:

• The #1 ranked public graduate school of education in the Northeast and on the East Coast.
• Ranked 16th among the public schools of education surveyed.
• Ranked 24th among the 278 private and public education school.
• Four programs ranked near the top include: Elementary Education (14), Special Education (17), Curriculum & Instruction (22), and Education Administration (26).

According to the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education:

• Our doctoral program in Kinesiology is ranked #1 - tied with Penn State.

 

Faculty Honors

• McGraw Prize in Education - 1
• Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors - 2
• UConn Teaching Fellows - 8
• UConn Alumni Faculty Excellece Awards - 7
• AAUP-Connecticut Teaching Awards - 4

 

Faculty Total - 112

(in-residence, clinical, and adjuncts not included)

Full-time tenured/tenure track: 65

Part-time: 47

 

Staff

Full-time: 45

 

Student Enrollment Total - 1,117 (2008-2009)

Undergraduate Total - 295

• Male - 28%
• Female - 72%
• Minority - 11%
• GPA - 3.955

Graduate Total - 822

• Master's full-time: 345
  • Male - 27%
  • Female - 73%
  • Minority - 13%
  • International - 3%
• Master's part-time: 123
  • Male - 24%
  • Female - 76%
  • Minority - 10%
  • International - 5%
• Sixth-Year full-time: 24
  • Male - 12%
  • Female - 87%
  • Minority - 16%
• Sixth-Year part-time: 135
  • Male - 33%
  • Female - 67%
  • Minority - 11%
• Ph.D. full-time: 113
  • Male - 29%
  • Female - 71%
  • Minority - 8%
  • International - 14%
• Ph.D. part-time: 82
  • Male - 41%
  • Female - 59%
  • Minority - 15%

 

Graduates Total - 565 (2009)

Bachelor's Total - 179

Graduate Total - 386

• Master's - 386
  • EPSY: 95
  • EDCI: 140
  • EKIN: 22
• Sixth-Year - 94
  • EPSY: 15
  • EDCI: 11
  • EDLR: 68
• Doctorate - 35
  • EPSY: 16
  • EDCI: 4
  • EKIN: 12
  • EDLR: 3

 

Ph.D. Alums

Where they are employed, according to Neag 2005-2008 data:

• 45% higher ed teaching (ie. lecturer, ass’t. prof., professor)
• 8% higher ed non-faculty (i.e. dean, director, assoc. vice
  chancellor, etc.)
• 20% K-12 school/district administration
• 12% K-12 schools as teacher or related role
  (school counselor, school psych)
• 8% working overseas

 

Teacher Education Alums

A Teachers for a New Era-UConn survey indicates an overwhelming majority of our teacher preparation programs stay in the classroom for 10 years or more and in far greater numbers than their colleagues nationwide. Of those surveyed:

• An impressive 73% of Neag teacher education grads remain in the classroom 10 years after graduation. Among the non- UConn graduates in the sample group, just 58% were still teaching after 10 years. The national average (after 5 years) is estimated at 50%.