The Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services is home to eight departments and is committed to quality teaching, outreach and research. Our students become outstanding teachers and human services professionals. These are a few of our college’s numerous achievements:
#6 in Rehabilitation Counseling Graduate Programs
#12 in the Nation for Total Research Dollars Generated
#1 in Utah and #36 in the Nation for Prestigious Graduate Schools
Placement rates at or above 98% for certified graduates in special education, communicative disorders, and 18 secondary education fields
We provide timely and relevant solutions to help individuals and their communities reach their full potential. This important and dynamic work honors the diversity of the people we are serving as we conduct research and prepare students to succeed, grow, and adapt professionally throughout their careers.
Not only do we serve the public, but we also provide interdisciplinary training for students and professionals while offering fertile ground for conducting cutting-edge research on new and innovative human service practices.
Our goal at USU is to create pathways to human flourishing by helping people fully realize their potential and live their best lives.
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Five students from the USU Nursing program spent their summer providing healthcare and humanitarian service in the Dominican Republic, Cambodia, and Ghana in collaboration with the Huntsman School of Business's SEED program.
The IDRPP is celebrating 3 years of open-access research on disabilities and related topics in the Developmental Disabilities Network Journal, which aims to include individuals with disabilities at all levels of the publishing and review process.
Jake Downs, assistant professor of science of reading education in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership, explains how USU's early childhood and elementary education programs prepare graduates to teach literacy more effectively in classrooms.
Glenna Wright-Gallo, alumna of the special education and rehabilitation services graduate program at USU, was recently appointed to the U.S. Department of Education as assistant secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services.
Adele and Dale Young Child Development Lab School
Adele and Dale Young Education Technology Center
Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Research Center
Autism Support Services: Education, Research, and Training
Center for the School of the Future
Dolores Doré Eccles Center for Early Care and Education
Institute for Disability Research, Policy, & Practice
National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management
