IUME's History
For over fifty years, the Gordon Institute has used advocacy, demonstration, evaluation, information dissemination, research and technical assistance to study and seek to improve the quality of life chances of communities of color through education in urban contexts.
Since 1973, the Gordon Institute has been committed to improving the quality of education for urban and minority children and youth and to better understanding their educational, psychological, and social development, as well as the experiences in the home, neighborhoods, communities, and larger society that determine opportunities for development and social mobility.
The Gordon Institute has approached the problem of improving the quality of education for urban and minority students in three ways:
- By conceptualizing fundamental problems and conducting research to discover their solutions.
- By translating and applying research knowledge in practical situations.
- By developing new programs, techniques, instruments, and materials that can be used in a variety of educational settings.
The Institute continues the vision of its founder, Dr. Edmund Gordon, to explore critical questions, develop interdisciplinary research programs to address important issues, and facilitate dialogue and dissemination of ideas and solutions to pressing educational problems.
Today our many initiatives examine what matters most in education--students, teachers, and communities--through innovative and ground-breaking research and practice.
For more information on the history of the Gordon Institute and the 50th Year Anniversary, please contact Research Associate, Ms. Angela Gooden ag3973@tc.columbia.edu.