College of Education
Dean's Message
Welcome to the College of Education (COE) at Grambling State University. Accredited
for more than four decades and recognized for its long tradition of excellence and
devotion to diversity and innovation consistent with the conceptual framework and mission of the university, the COE continues to meet the needs of a rapidly changing society.
The faculty and staff are committed to the core values of professional excellence, diversity, collegiality , and ethics and as a result produce graduates (at the bachelors, masters, and doctoral level)
who are change agents in K-12 schools and institutions of higher learning. So if you
wish to maximize your potential as an educator and scholar we invite you to join our
community of distinction in the COE at Grambling State University.
Professional Excellence
Faculty & Staff value professional excellence in teaching, research, and service.
Faculty & Staff are devoted to the perpetuation of serious inquiry, creativity, critique,
accountability, and the notion of giving our best efforts to our candidates, the university,
and the marketplace.
Diversity
Faculty & Staff value, appreciate, and embrace difference as it relates to culture,
age, gender, race, ethnicity, language, religion, national origin, philosophical,
educational and sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and family configuration.
We are committed to perpetual reflection on all the issues related to diversity.
Collegiality
Faculty & Staff value, encourage, and promote the idea of faculty and candidates
(inside and outside of the college and the institution) working synergistically together
to construct, deconstruct, and re-construct knowledge, practices, and policy.
Ethics
Faculty & Staff value equity, fairness, honesty, respect, and compassion among the
staff, faculty, and candidates in the pursuit of teaching, service, and research endeavors.
We commit to increasing access to equal opportunity in all College of Education initiatives.
