University of Cincinnati College of Education Criminal Justice and Human Services

Infobox_University
name=University of Cincinnati
College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services


motto="Juncta Juvant"
(Latin for "Strength in Unity")
established=1819
type=Public (state university)
dean=Lawrence J. Johnson
city=Cincinnati
state=Ohio
country=USA
campus=Urban
website= [http://www.cech.uc.edu www.cech.uc.edu]

The University of Cincinnati College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services is a college of the University of Cincinnati. Located on the university's main campus in Cincinnati Ohio, the college, referred to as CECH, comprises four academic divisions: Criminal Justice, Educational Studies and Leadership, Human Services, and Teacher Education.

Established as the College for Teachers in 1905, CECH has educated students from all 50 states and 29 countries and offers doctoral, masters, baccalaureate, associate, and certificate programs leading to careers in teaching, counseling, criminal justice, health promotion, legal assisting, and related academic, leadership, and social service fields. Current enrollment is nearly 4,000, with 31,000 alumni. Construction is underway for a major building renovation, to be completed by 2011.

Mission

The College of Education, Criminal Justice,and Human Services at the University of Cincinnati is a professional college committed to serving schools, agencies, and communities by:
*preparing students for using best practices,
*creating and disseminating knowledge to further professional practice,
*linking pedagogy and research to learning,
*preparing students to work within diverse communities,
*serving as a model of and a resource for diversity,
*developing a continuing community of life-long learners, and
*developing and assuming leadership in professional communities at the local, national, and international levels.

Guiding Principles

*The economic vitality of this state depends on having healthy communities for our citizens to thrive and we have an obligation to partner in the creation of healthy communities for the 21st century.
*Every child has the right to a caring, competent, and committed teacher.
*We embrace a scientist practitioner orientation to our practice.
*Every student must have rigorous academic content grounded in theory with a clear understanding of how to apply content to practice in a knowledge economy.
*Prepare and strengthen teachers and school-based professionals to increase the education community's capacity to meet the workforce needs of Ohio's technology-and innovation-driven businesses.

Academic Divisions

Division of Criminal Justice

*Criminal Justice
*addiction|Addictions Studies
*Paralegal

Division of Educational Studies and Leadership

*Educational Leadership
*Educational Studies
*Urban Educational Leadership

Division of Human Services

*Counseling
*Health Promotion & Education
*School Psychology

Division of Teacher Education

*Curriculum and Instruction
*Early Childhood Education
**Early Childhood Learning Community
*Literacy
**Teaching English as a Second Language
*Middle Childhood Education
*Secondary Education
*Special Education

Rankings and recognition

The annual survey of America’s top graduate schools conducted by U.S. News & World Report ranks CECH overall at 66th in the nation.fact|date=September 2007

The Division of Criminal Justice was ranked #1 nationally in terms of research and scholarly productivity, according to the Journal of Criminal Justice. U.S. News the Division of Criminal Justice’s doctoral program as the #3 program in the nation for the second year in a row.fact|date=September 2007

The doctoral programs in Criminal Justice and Special Education were ranked #6 and #9 respectively in faculty scholarly productivity by the American Analytic’s Faculty Scholarly Productivity (FSP) Index.fact|date=September 2007

The Arlitt Child and Family Research and Education Center received an Ohio's Best Award and an award from the Inclusion Network.fact|date=September 2007

External links

* [http://www.cech.uc.edu/ UC College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services official site]