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July 16th 2018

PSU professor awarded $3.3M to study impact of kindergarten readiness program

A Portland State University professor has received a $3.3 million federal grant to study the impact of an early-learning program aimed at improving children's readiness for kindergarten and later grades. PSU College of Liberal Arts and...
June 25th 2018

Teaching grad students to teach effectively doesn't compromise research careers, PSU study finds

A new Portland State University study suggests that universities should do more to invest in training graduate students in 21st century teaching methods, and that doing so does not mean that they would be any less prepared for a career in research. ...
March 2nd 2018

PSU receives $1M grant to aid STEM transfer students

Portland State University faculty have received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help students transferring from community colleges to achieve STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) degrees. More than half of the money will go to student scholarships. The...
March 8th 2017

PSU researcher receives $877K NSF grant to study race and poverty as success barriers in STEM education

Portland State University Sociology professor Dara Shifrer has received an $877,836 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the effects race, poverty and disabilities may have on American students’ success in STEM education and careers. The five-year grant will allow Shifrer’s...