Summer Happy Hour Series
Attend one of the Summer Happy Hour events. Connect with faculty, incoming students, and TC alumni around the globe before you arrive on campus.
A Welcome from President Susan Fuhrman
Welcome to Teachers College
Congratulations on your admission to Teachers College, Columbia University!
On behalf of my faculty colleagues and 90,000 alumni, I’m delighted to welcome you to TC. READ MORE
In the News:
Columbia University’s Teachers College Maps the Path to Diversity for Future Educators
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TC ranked as one of the Top 5 schools in making Ed Tech a priority in education.
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Graduates of the Elementary Inclusive Program are creating very responsive curriculum in the wake of Orlando’s tragedy. Read how one of our alumni is helping to shape LBGT curriculum in NYC schools.
Discover what makes TC great!
Hear what our students have to say.
Have questions about life at TC?
We’re here to help. Attend one of our upcoming webinars or events.
Webinars
for Admitted Students (every other Wednesday)
Campus Visits
For Admitted Students (each Friday)
Webinars:
Spotlight on Teacher Education and Certification
new tenure track professors recruited since 2007
scholarly books and articles were authored or edited by our faculty in 2015
members of our faculty recognized with career and lifetime achievement awards in 2015
TC Faculty in the News
Discover some of the innovative and award-winning work of TC faculty.
Mathematics Education
Erica Walker
Professor of Mathematics and Education
Walker Delivers Prestigious Falconer Lecture
At the 2015 annual meeting of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Walker drew on 20 years of teaching and research to explore a question: What does it mean to say some people are math people?
English Education
Ernest Morrell
Macy Professor of Education Director, Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME)
Morrell Wins Choice Magazine’s 2014 Outstanding Academic Title Award
The book: Critical Media Pedagogy. The argument: Media education can improve the academic literacy achievement of underserved youth.
Social Studies Education
William Gaudelli
Associate Professor of Social Studies and Education
Gaudelli Issues Call to Action at UN Academic Meeting in Seoul
A panelist at the Second United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) Forum, Gaudelli called for broader and stronger global citizenship education. “We need dramatic changes in education,” he said, “and we need them now.”
Education Technology
Joey Lee
Research Assistant Professor Director, Real-World Impact Games Lab
Lee in Nature Climate Change on Games as Tools for Education
Joey Lee and doctoral student Jason Wu show that digital games are an effective way to educate the public about climate change.
Science Education
Christopher Emdin
Research Assistant Professor Director, Real-World Impact Games Lab
Associate Professor of Science Education
Emdin Sees Hip-Hop as Key for Unlocking Academic Potential
“That’s the kid I’m trying to reach,” said Christopher Emdin. “The kid in the back of the classroom, staring into space and mentally halfway out the door but very much attuned to any sign, however subtle, that he belongs in school.”
Watch Chris Emdin on Brian Lehrer’s show.
Cognitive Studies
Xiadong Lin
Associate Professor of Cognitive Studies
Lin Leads $2.5 Million Project on the Brain’s Plasticity
STEM work is more about attitude than aptitude. “Our hypothesis is that students’ mindsets—their beliefs about how ability develops through effort—play a key motivational role in their engagement in science,” said Xiadong Lin.
See Xiadong Lin featured on PBS.
- Students employed within 6 months of graduation 84%
Graduates Gallery 2016
Meet some of the amazing students who are earning degrees from Teachers College this year — talented and dedicated men and women who have already accomplished so much, yet are just getting started. Read their inspirational stories — and we’ll be posting more in the days leading up to Convocation!