11 Facts About Teachers College

Teachers College, Columbia University, was associated with philosopher and public intellectual John Dewey, who served as president of the American Psychological Association and the American Philosophical Association, and was a professor at the facility from 1904 until his retirement in 1930.

Student experience at Teachers College is governed by a student senate, headed by the Senate president, followed by the vice-president, parliamentarian, communications officer, and treasurer.

Teachers College is statutorily prohibited from conferring its own degrees.

Teachers College's graduating class participates in the Columbia University Commencement ceremony.

Teachers College serves as Columbia University's graduate and professional school of education by virtue of its designation as the university's Faculty and Department of Education.

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Columbia University Senate includes faculty and student representatives from Teachers College who serve two-year terms; all senators are accorded full voting privileges regarding matters impacting the entire University.

The president of Teachers College is a dean in the university's governance structure.

Teachers College Record has been published by the college continuously since 1900.

In 1997 a group of doctoral students from Teachers College established the journal Current Issues in Comparative Education, a leading open-access online academic journal.

Teachers College Press, founded in 1904, is the national and international book publishing arm of Teachers College and is dedicated to deepening the understanding and improving the practice of education.

Teachers College publishes The Hechinger Report, a non-profit, non-partisan education news outlet focused on inequality and innovation in education that launched in May 2010.