Morgridge College of Education

The Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver offers graduate and doctoral degrees in the fields of education, information processing and counseling. It is named after the Morgridge Family Foundation led by Carrie Morgridge that donated $10 million to the College.The Morgridge College of Education is located on the University of Denver's main campus in Denver's University Hill neighborhood. The school currently educates more than 800 students with 31 full-time faculty 45% of whom are tenured. It is also home to two clinics open to the public for Educational testing and Counseling services.Graduate programs in MCE are accredited by many governing bodies, including National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and American Psychological Association, among others.HistoryThe College of Education dates back to the 1890s with teacher education as the first focus. The first teacher education certificates were offered in 1898 to professional men and woman. Teacher preparation remains a staple of the College of Education today.Throughout the early 20th century the education program continued to grow with the first master's degree offered in 1901 and the first doctorate in 1935. The School of Education was organized in 1945 and became a college of the University of Denver in the mid-1980s. The College of Education offers many graduate certificate, masters and doctoral level degrees. adding an Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) degree in School Psychology in the mid-1990s. The College continued to expand, acquiring the Library and Information Management program in 2000 and offering a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS)