CELEBRATING 140 YEARS
Building the Foundation: 140 Years - continued 140 Years of Fun Facts: Innovation, Education and NLU Thought Leadership**
Decade
Inventions and Social Change Higher Education Growth and Change NLU Thought Leadership Highlights
Increasing Research Capacity • NCE Launches first graduate programs, advancing the university towards becoming a center for advanced professional education and research. Influential practices and works • First aviation education class for elementary teachers in the nation, pioneering hands-on STEM learning. Increasing Research Capacity • Transition from single-purpose elementary education focus to comprehensive institution, with graduate education expanding greatly into programs including curriculum, reading and administration. Influential practices and works • NCE provides teacher training for Peace Corps Launch. • NCE becomes an early regional leader in training teachers in responding to learning differences; forms Child Development Partnerships with school districts to develop and test early intervention strategies. • Faculty integrate active educational research into teacher training through on-campus Lab School. • NCE publishes Young People’s Science Encyclopedia, a 20-volume reference set. Increasing Research Capacity • NLU becomes doctoral-granting institution with first doctoral program launched in 1982. • Center for Early Childhood Leadership launches and transforms leadership development through a research-based approach. • The Reading Leadership Institute (RLI) launches to showcase speakers on policy and research. Influential practices and works • Faculty member Donna Ogle publishes K-W-L: A Teaching Model That Develops Active Reading of Expository Text , a classic in literacy education that appears in countless teacher education textbooks and citations. • NCE’s Interdisciplinary Studies in Education program thrives by placing inquiry as the core of educator development with teachers as researchers in their own classrooms. • Teacher candidates train with St. Francis Hospital technologists to analyze computer-based treatment plans, showcasing early medical tech innovation.
1940s - 1950s
• GI Bill doubles college enrollment and reshapes campuses. • Federal investment in scientific research expands dramatically, strengthening universities as research centers.
• Transistor is invented, revolutionizing electronics. • Jet aircraft revolutionizes aviation during and after World War II. • US emerges from war as a leading global power. • First moon landing • Civil Rights challenges discrimination and leads to landmark legislation. • Peace Corps launches. • Women’s Movement transforms women’s opportunities. • Gay Liberation Movement starts the fight for LGBTQ rights. • Microprocessors and personal computers emerge.
1960s - 1970s
• Community colleges expand access to higher education. • Campuses become centers of civic political activity and protest. • Title IX opens doors for women in sports and education. • The Education for All Handicapped Children Act establishes the right to a public education for students with disabilities.
1980s - 1990s
• Personal computers boom in homes and offices. • World Wide Web transforms access to information and communication.
• Computers begin appearing widely in classrooms. • Online learning emerges.
** This figure is based on a retrospective look at NLU innovation done by Susanna Chan of LITS.
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