Centers and Institutes

One of Clemson's distinguishing academic features is the nearly 80 outstanding centers and institutes associated with the five colleges that reflect both college and cross-disciplinary interests. These centers and institutes foster the highest qualities of teaching, service, and research. The Eugene T. Moore School of Education is home to three centers of excellence and several other centers.

America Reads

Clemson University joined the America Reads Challenge by developing a program during the 1997-98 academic year. The program consists of work-study students and volunteer students from a wide range of disciplines and colleges at Clemson University.

For more information, contact Linda Gambrell.

Center for Leadership in Law and Education

The Center for Leadership in Law and Education connects with the UCEA commitment to “advancing the preparation and practice of educational leaders for the benefit of schools and children” by highlighting and promoting the leadership of education professionals in the making, administering and evaluating of the laws impacting children and the schools.

For more information, contact Patricia First.

Charles H. Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience in Education

Established in 1988, the mission of the Charles H. Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience in Education is to examine and address critical issues as well as disseminate information about the black experience in education in the State of South Carolina and throughout the United States. The center achieves its goals by conducting research and program evaluations, implementing educational programs, and pursuing collaborations and partnerships.

For more information, contact Lamont A. Flowers.

Reading Recovery® State Training Center

Clemson University is the training site for Reading Recovery in South Carolina. Established in 1989, Clemson University’s Training Center coordinates Reading Recovery Training and professional development for South Carolina as well as some neighboring states in collaboration with South Carolina’s Department of Education. Reading Recovery is one-on-one instructional intervention for first-time first-graders who have difficulties learning to read. The goal is to bring these children’s literacy skills within the average range of their peers’ achievements.

For more information, contact Kathleen Grant.

S.C. Center of Excellence for Adolescent Literacy and Learning (CEALL)

The mission of the Clemson University Center of Excellence for Adolescent Literacy and Learning is to improve adolescent literacy and learning, and thereby adolescent achievement.

For more information, contact Suzanne Rosenblith.

S.C. Center of Excellence for Inquiry in Mathematics and Science (CEIMS)

Clemson University is the host of the Center of Excellence for Inquiry in Mathematics and Science (CEIMS). CEIMS is part of  the Inquiry in Motion Institute, whose primary effort is to improve K-12 mathematics and science instruction. Goals for the center are to increase the number of highly qualified middle school mathematics and science teachers, and increase the quality, confidence and competence of in-service middle school mathematics and science teachers through the use of effective inquiry-based practice. One outgrowth of the Center is that Casio America has identified Clemson University as its Center of Academic Training. Many of the findings from CEIMS will become integral to Casio’s nationwide training efforts.

For more information, contact Bob Horton or Jeff Marshall.

S.C. Center of Excellence for Instructional Technology Training

The South Carolina Center of Excellence for Instructional Technology Training, based in the Eugene T. Moore School of Education at Clemson University, prepares future educators with a solid instructional technology foundation by developing cutting-edge programs and software applications that have helped teachers across the country.

For more information, contact Suzanne Rosenblith.