The Tiger Teacher Corps (TTC) is a growing community of students who have chosen one of the most important and inspiring professions: teaching. This isn’t just a program, it’s a movement. TTC represents LSU’s bold commitment to advancing the teaching profession and ensuring every child in Louisiana has access to exceptional educators. Through TTC, you’ll gain mentorship, early classroom experience, professional development, and access to a network of peers and leaders dedicated to making a difference.
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We are CHANGEMAKERS. Are you?
We are on a mission, and we need your help. Here, we impact lives.
In our ever-changing world, every interaction is a chance to make an impact. In CHSE, we are not side-line sitters; we are heart changers and we leave an imprint – not a light one, but one that alters the landscape, challenges minds, forges new futures and reimagines the status quo.
Whether we’re educating the next generation, counseling a family, training physically, organizing big data, or leading organizations…we impact lives. So, we’re calling on you to join us. Someone out there needs you. Answer the call.
GEAUX CHANGE LIVES
OUR PROGRAMS
From Kinesiology to Information Studies, our programs are impactful. Whether your goal is to enhance student learning, promote health and wellness, help strengthen families, heal and care for people, or develop better workplaces, the College of Human Sciences & Education has a degree program for you.
A Journey Across the Lifespan
200+
CHSE graduates are employed in healthcare after graduation
- 2024/25 First Destinations student survey
36%
CHSE graduates are continuing their education with advanced degrees in physical therapy, social work, medical school, law, nursing and sport administration
- 2024/25 First Destinations student survey
Endless opportunities.
This is your time. Your success at LSU - and after you graduate - is our top priority.
The College of Human Sciences & Education knows that some of the most important lessons happen outside of the classroom – when you apply your knowledge in real settings helping real people and organizations. We have built-in internships in every major. Want to study abroad? Our faculty are passionate about creating experiences in Thailand, England, and Italy to enhance your studies and expose you to global ideas.
Engaging & Developing Louisiana's Leaders
Enacting positive change requires leadership. Level-up your leadership in the College of Human Sciences & Education.
Leadership Development Institute Global Leadership Graduate Minor Leadership Development Undergrad Minor School of Leadership & Human Resource Development Educational Leadership Online Program Office of Educational Research
PHD IN PK-12 EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Research with impact.
Our research spans the entire lifespan.
The college is home to four centers and institutes – the Early Childhood Education Institute, Healthy Aging Research Center, Leadership Development Institute, and Social Research & Evaluation Center which was recently named a Louisiana Board of Regents Center of Research Excellence.
Featured News
LSU's Social Research & Evaluation Center is advancing research and evidence-based strategies to improve school attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism in Louisiana and beyond. In collaboration with the LSU College of Human Sciences & Education, SREC participated in Attendance USA(TM)'s inaugural Research to Practice: Research to Results Summit, held June 5-7, 2026, at LSU's Huey P. Long Field House in Baton Rouge. The summit brought together national, state and local experts focused on translating research into actionable approaches to improve student attendance. Recognized for its longstanding work addressing school absenteeism, SREC delivered the summit's plenary address. Through its research, partnerships and community engagement, SREC works to better understand the factors contributing to absenteeism and identify evidence-based practices that support student attendance, engagement and success.
Under the guidance of Scott Wilks, PhD, LMSW, HARC will use the funding to develop and provide dementia education and training focused on Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) and Multiple Etiology Dementia (MED) to the health care and supportive care workforces.
LSU PhD graduate Taylor Gauss set out to answer that question in her dissertation. Working with healthy young adults, healthy older adults and people with Parkinson's Disease, Gauss found ankle stretches produced immediate improvements in walking and may serve as another useful tool for managing symptoms. Gauss and LSU School of Kinesiology and Ogden Honors College professor Jan Hondzinski have worked together to research and improve the quality of life for people with Parkinson's in the Louisiana community. Gauss, whose father was diagnosed with Parkinson's when she was in the eighth grade and passed away in 2023, is hopeful this first-of-its-kind study could influence how physical therapists treat people with Parkinson's.
Our Lady of the Lake have awarded more than $1.6 million in competitive research grants to seven teams from across the state as part of their Collaboration in Action Program.
LSU and FMOL Health celebrated today the opening of the FMOL Health Learning & Laboratory Wing, a philanthropically funded, state-of-the-art academic, research and workforce development hub that will expand educational opportunities for students, accelerate interdisciplinary innovation and strengthen the healthcare workforce serving Louisiana communities for generations to come.
Bijou, LSU Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education doctoral student and CEO of Einstein Charter Schools, was named to Gambit's 2026 "40 Under 40" list, an annual recognition honoring emerging leaders who are making a significant impact throughout the Greater New Orleans region.