Where your gift is needed

The MU College of Education values your generosity. Private gifts lift the college to new levels, in terms of students, facilities, faculty and programs, and help secure MU as a top destination for future generations of educational professionals and looked to as a leader among colleagues around the world. Private giving enables the college to fulfill its strategic plan, which aims to "Educate Missouri, Our Nation and Our World." Here are a few ways you can support education.

College Critical Needs

• Creation of an Institute focusing on improved instructional practices in higher education.
• Expand research focus on at-risk learners to insure all students achieve in math and science through partnerships with School Psychology, Special Education, and Educational Technology.
• Scholarships to support future teachers targeting high need areas such as urban and rural positions and critical shortage areas including Math/Science/Special Education.
• Endowed professorships focusing on high need areas in teacher preparation including literacy, math, science and special education.
• Endowed positions for faculty allow the college to recruit and retain the top-notch faculty conducting this important research.
• Enable overseas student travel and study with scholarships and graduate assistantships that allow students to gain a firsthand perspective of the world.
• Create endowed funds for new research, particularly in geography, history and international studies that will discover broad meanings for today’s global society.
• Creation of working groups on-site to foster research and model/demonstrations within urban schools partnering MU faculty, urban educators, and urban community leaders.
• Support experimentation with different delivery models, especially with charter schools and specialized academy schools that focus on areas such as performing arts or science and technology.
• Create extensive graduate student learning environments with assistantship and research positions.
• Prepare the next generation of scholars and state and national leaders through post-doctoral fellowships.
• Renovate College of Education facilities so that they provide the latest technologies and capabilities to all students.
• Create professorships, post-doctoral fellowships, and research funding opportunities to examine the issues of diversity in the classroom.