Administrative History

Courses in education have been offered in specific programs throughout the history of the university, including Agricultural Education (1918); Physical Education, Home Economics Education, and Vocational Industrial Education (1921); Industrial Arts Education (1946); Business Education (1950); and Distributive Education (1954). In 1951, the Board of Visitors approved a Master of Education degree, which was available in vocational academic areas on the Blacksburg campus and other areas on the Women's Division at Radford.

A Department of Education [RG 15/29] was founded in the College of Arts and Sciences starting 1965, and the College of Education [RG 17] was established on July 1, 1971. In 1996, the College of Education merged with the College of Human Resources to form the College of Human Resources and Education [RG 19]. In 2002, it became the College of Human Sciences and Education. In July of the next year, the College dissolved, and most departments joined the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences (CLAHS) [RG 48], which formed that same year.

In 2004, The School of Education was formed within CLAHS by joining the Departments of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and of Teaching & Learning, the Virginia's Training & Technical Assistance Center (T/TAC), Virginia VIEW (Vital Information for Education and Work), the Center for Instructional Technology Solutions for Industry & Education (CITSIE), and the Center for Assessment and Evaluation in Educational Practice (CAEEP).

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