College of Education and Human Development UMN

College of Education and Human Development  UMN For over 100 years, our college has had a deep and historic impact on society. We are the 3rd largest college at the U of MN.

Areas of focus for our students, staff, and faculty include closing the achievement gap, STEM education, early learning and child/youth development, educational technology and innovation, social justice, family resilience, global engagement, health across the life span, sports, and community partnerships. Our undergraduate majors: business and marketing education; early childhood education foundat

ions; elementary education foundations; family social science; human resource development; kinesiology; recreation administration; special education; sport management; and youth studies. Our departments: Child Development; Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Psychology; Family Social Science; Kinesiology; Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development; and Social Work. Terms of Use:
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Learn how an FSoS student is building bridges through couple and family therapy. Click the image below to read the story...
09/09/2026

Learn how an FSoS student is building bridges through couple and family therapy. Click the image below to read the story in the latest CEHD Connect: https://connect.cehd.umn.edu/path-shaped-relationships

My journey into couple and family therapy began in Bangladesh, where I worked as a psychologist, educator, trainer, and community practitioner.

Happy first day of classes! Wishing you all an amazing fall semester!
09/08/2026

Happy first day of classes! Wishing you all an amazing fall semester!

CEHD’s Wezhinoo’igejig Scholars program offers tailored early childhood instruction for Ojibwe speakers. Click the image...
09/07/2026

CEHD’s Wezhinoo’igejig Scholars program offers tailored early childhood instruction for Ojibwe speakers. Click the image below to read the story in the latest CEHD Connect: https://connect.cehd.umn.edu/ones-who-show-way

Mya King-Green, Ebiidood Odeminan, grew up on Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation in Ontario, Canada. Her parents were deeply invested in their Ojibwe heritage, traveling with their children to powwows and other events in the region.

See how David Hollister’s expansive vision of social work helped shape academic programs and opportunities at UMN. Click...
09/04/2026

See how David Hollister’s expansive vision of social work helped shape academic programs and opportunities at UMN. Click the image below to read the story in the latest CEHD Connect: https://connect.cehd.umn.edu/legacy-academic-innovation-advance-public-good

How David Hollister’s expansive vision of social work helped shape academic programs and opportunities at the University of Minnesota.

Social-media giant Meta has agreed to pay up to US$18 billion to US states and make changes to its Facebook and Instagra...
09/03/2026

Social-media giant Meta has agreed to pay up to US$18 billion to US states and make changes to its Facebook and Instagram platforms, settling a legal case about whether its technology harms kids’ mental health. Read more to find out what Xiaoran Sun, an assistant professor in the Department of Family Social Science, has to say about it:

Nature talks to specialists about the changes coming to Facebook and Instagram, and whether there’s evidence they will help.

Learn how NXT GEN Teach’s Teacher Apprenticeship Model empowers working professionals while disrupting the teacher short...
09/02/2026

Learn how NXT GEN Teach’s Teacher Apprenticeship Model empowers working professionals while disrupting the teacher shortage. Click the image below to read the story in the latest CEHD Connect: https://connect.cehd.umn.edu/opening-classroom-door

CEHD’s NXT GEN Teach allows school district employees to earn a teaching license while working full-time.

09/01/2026

Learn more at z.umn.edu/elementary-ed

Learn how the Minnesota Principals Survey elevates school leaders’ voices  Click the image below to read the story in th...
09/01/2026

Learn how the Minnesota Principals Survey elevates school leaders’ voices Click the image below to read the story in the latest CEHD Connect: https://connect.cehd.umn.edu/amplifying-school-leaders-voices

Last November, more than 2,400 school leaders in Minnesota were invited to take the third biennial Minnesota Principals Survey. The comprehensive survey is designed to elevate the voices of Minnesota principals, assistant principals, and charter school leaders in state and local decisions bearing on...

Celebrate the career of retiring FSoS professor Catherine SolheimClick the image below to read the story in the latest C...
08/31/2026

Celebrate the career of retiring FSoS professor Catherine Solheim
Click the image below to read the story in the latest CEHD Connect: https://connect.cehd.umn.edu/changing-world-one-relationship-time

As she retires from the Department of Family Social Science (FSoS), colleagues across continents agree that Solheim’s greatest legacy is not a single project, publication, or program. Instead, it is the thousands of relationships she nurtured—with students, community leaders, faculty colleagues,...

08/27/2026

Hear from our students on why human resource development is important to them! Learn more at z.umn.edu/hrd

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