Teachers College, Columbia University

Teachers College (TC), Columbia University was founded in 1887 on the proposition that education alone cannot correct society’s inequalities and that, to maximise the life chances of all people, the health and wellbeing of poorer communities must also be supported. Fields such as education psychology, nursing education, nutrition education, special education, conflict resolution and spirituality and education were created at TC. For more

Today, TC continues to take a multidisciplinary approach, combining strengths across fields to tackle the world’s most challenging problems. The institution offers more than 100 programmes in four core areas of expertise: education, health, psychology and leadership. Research is focused on topics, ranging from the impact of poverty on the brain and the legal basis for a Constitutional right to education, to the study of motherhood as a developmental stage to the exploration of resilience in military veterans.

Ultimately, Teachers College is concerned with the study of how people learn and how they should be taught, in all fields.