Rowan University

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Rowan University

• Southern New Jersey institution with 9,500
  students, mostly undergraduates
• Started in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School to
  train teachers
• College of Engineering founded in 1994 after a
  gift from industrialist Henry Rowan
  undergraduate enrollment of 450
• Many relationships and contacts between the
  College of Education with the K-12 community
• Most significant initiative is with Williamstown
  High School, a Professional Development School
• Education courses offered on site
• Student teachers and observers sent to this
  school
• Professional development for the teachers
• Masters degree program for gaining National
  Board Certification
• In College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, there
  are 256 Math majors, with 56 in Elementary Ed and
  55 in Secondary Ed