Center For Excellence

TSU Center for Excellence in Urban Education – Advancing Research & Community Engagement

The Center for Excellence in Urban Education (CFE) at Texas Southern University is a dedicated research facility focused on instruction, management, and community engagement within urban school systems (P-16) and communities.

The CFE analyzes state, national, and international education policies, driving initiatives that enhance urban education through research, assessment, evaluation, and professional development. Findings are shared via publications, academic journals, and digital platforms.

Committed to scholarly research, funding development, and service learning, the CFE empowers educators, administrators, and policymakers with data-driven solutions to challenges in urban education. The center also hosts lectures, seminars, conferences, and events to amplify its impact.

Professional Development Services

The CFE will provide professional development. CFE supports faculty across rank and disciplines in an effort to build a creative, resourceful, and connected campus-wide teaching culture. Since the CFE is composed of a community of educators serving as catalysts and resources for professional growth and innovative teaching to enhance student learning and achievement in the University as well as P-12 community, the CFE will seek opportunities to identify and import best practices and innovative strategies of curriculum design, teaching and assessment. CFE strives to: (1) create occasion for faculty to discuss these findings and topics which speak to their abilities to deliver quality education to a diverse population of students, with a specific focus on minority learners; (2) develop and refresh their pedagogy with one another; and (3) engage with campus, national, and scholarly conversations about excellence in higher education. CFE promotes research-led teaching that activates students’ commitment to inquiry and brings faculty expertise to life: Learning Outcomes/Assessment Development.