Dean

Aimée Dorr

Chairs

Sandra Graham, Department of Education
Anne Gilliland, Department of Information Studies

Faculty

63 ladder faculty, 1 in-residence faculty, 27 clinical and adjunct faculty

Degrees

Top-ranked degree programs, including:
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Master of Education (M.Ed.)/Teaching Credential (Teacher Education Program)
Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS)
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Information Studies and in Education
Principal Leadership Institute (PLI)
Administration Credential programs
Education Studies Minor (for undergraduates).

Locations on campus

Moore Hall
GSE&IS Building
Corrine A. Seeds University Elementary School
Hershey Hall Math Sciences Building Peter V. Ueberroth Building

Background
   One of eleven professional schools at UCLA, GSE&IS consists of two academic departments, the Department of Education and the Department of Information Studies. The Graduate School of Education was founded in 1939 and was UCLA's first professional school. The School of Library Service was founded in 1958. The two schools merged in 1994, forming the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. UCLA is the only major research university in the country that combines departments of education and information studies. GSE&IS shares its findings with practicing educators and information professionals through classes, seminars and workshops offered at UCLA and in the community, and through reports, studies and articles featured in publications nationwide. It is home to the highly respected nationwide survey of college freshmen, the CIRP (Cooperative Institutional Research Program), published annually in mid-January, and the Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School, the only university-based pre-kindergarten through sixth grade laboratory school in the country. GSE&IS is the number one ranked public graduate school of education in the nation (number two overall, following Harvard), according to US News & World ReportÕs 2005 survey

Department of Education
    The Department of Education's research is geared toward improving learning and teaching in the classroom, the workplace, and the home. The department is internationally known as a leader in the study of student testing and assessment, teacher and continuing education and development - particularly in urban, multi-ethnic environments, early childhood development, and issues of access, equity and quality facing higher education. GSE&IS is home to the highly respected nationwide survey of college freshmen, the CIRP (Cooperative Institutional Research Program), published annually in mid-January, and the Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School, the only university-based pre-kindergarten through sixth grade laboratory school in the country.

Department of Information Studies
    The Department of Information Studies is internationally recognized for research in areas such as digital archives and libraries, multimedia databases, social implications of the Internet, organization of knowledge and information policy. The department educates future librarians, archivists, and information professionals, focusing on the system design and end-users of information and their needs and studying the ways people search for and use information. Research in the department revolves around all aspects of collecting, preserving and cataloging information in all its forms to make it accessible for public use. Researchers focus on all kinds of environments where information is stored and retrieved, including the World Wide Web, museums, corporations, schools, universities, and public libraries.