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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Annenberg Hall, which is home to the School of Education and Social Policy. On Tuesday, the school announced it is lowering its degree requirement from 45 to 42 credits.

SESP reduces degree requirement by 3 credits

May 2, 2017

The School of Education and Social Policy announced Tuesday that it is lowering the number of credits required to earn a degree from 45 to 42. In an email to SESP students, SESP assistant dean for student...

Project Pause aims to expand after successful pilot year

October 2, 2016

Project Pause will return later this academic year after a successful pilot in 2015, with its founders hoping to expand the post-graduate preparation program in the future. “What we would like to...

SESP dean to retire in August 2017

April 26, 2016

SESP Prof. Penelope Peterson will retire from her position as dean of the School of Education and Social Policy at the end of August 2017, Provost Dan Linzer announced. Peterson, who has served as...

Northwestern professor named 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

April 20, 2016

SESP Prof. Kirabo Jackson was named a 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, a prestigious fellowship program through which selected fellows receive up to $200,000 each to continue research in the fields of social...

SESP will no longer offer its secondary teaching major beginning with the 2016-17 academic year. Undergraduates who wish to be certified as secondary teachers will still be able to do so by taking classes with the master of science education program.

SESP drops secondary teaching major

October 1, 2015

The School of Education and Social Policy will no longer offer its secondary teaching major for incoming and future students beginning with the 2016-17 academic year. The decision was made during...

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