School of Education Research Information
Long recognized for innovative research, the School of Education houses two major research centers: the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE). Studies done in the centers range from infant childcare to issues in higher education.
Several facilities on and off campus provide excellent resources that aid research. Many project organizations located in the School of Education are concerned with effective schooling, including cognition and instruction. Several research centers across campus provide faculty and students with excellent resources for conducting research, all of which are sources of research assistant positions for students.
- Academic Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Lab (AADLC) is a Madison-based learning technology research and devlopment center that partners with UW.
- Center for Demography on Health & Aging (CDHA)
- Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
- Institute on Aging (IOA)
- Media, Education Resources, and Information Technology (MERIT) Library offers several national information retrieval systems, such as ERIC and PSYCH LIT, through their on-line databases.
- School of Education Doctoral Research Program (DRP)
- Waisman Center
- Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER)
- Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE)
UW Research Information
Visit the UW’s Research portal to many campus-wide research information sites. Here you will find links to UW research centers and facilities, funding opportunities, library resources, research news, and more.