About the Center

The Center for Comparative Education in the School of Education at Loyola University Chicago is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to bringing a global perspective to the study of educational policy and practice.

Loyola Faculty to Present at Comparative Education World Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina (June 24-28, 2013)

May 3rd, 2013

Faculty from Loyola University Chicago’s School of Education will be making a number of presentations at the XV Comparative Education World Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 24-28….


Loyola Team Edits Special Journal Issue

Loyola Team Edits Special Journal Issue

March 20th, 2013

Congratulations to Dr. Tavis Jules, Assistant Professor, and a team of graduate students who guest-edited an issue of Current Issues in Comparative Education (CICE), one of the leading journals in the field of comparative and international education. The issue dealt with education in small states in a number of innovative and creative ways…


Loyola Students Faculty and Alumni Presenting at CIES 2013

February 28th, 2013

In New Orleans March 10-15 the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) will hold its annual conference and students, faculty and alumni from Loyola University Chicago will, as usual, be a prominent presence….


International Higher Education MEd Cohort starting Fall 2013!

February 10th, 2013

The Cultural and Educational Policy Studies and Higher Education programs at Loyola University Chicago are pleased to announce that we are launching an International Higher Education MEd cohort that will begin coursework in Fall 2013!


Loyola School of Education in Beijing

Loyola School of Education in Beijing

January 30th, 2013

In January 2013 a group of students enrolled in Loyola’s International Higher Education MEd global cohort program met at The Beijing Center for a short-term study abroad course (ELPS 448) on International Higher Education


New Research on US Performance on International Assessments

January 20th, 2013

A new report from Stanford University researchers Martin Carnoy and Richard Rothstein that examined US performance on International Assessments finds that, contrary to widespread perceptions, US students do not drastically lag behind students from other countries…


Webinar Recording January 2013

Webinar Recording January 2013

January 17th, 2013

On January 16, 2012 Loyola’s Center for Comparative Education (CCE) co-sponsored with the CIES Globalization & Education SIG a webinar on the topic of “Locating the ‘global’ in education and ethnography …


CCE Webinar Locating the ‘global’ — January 16, 2013

December 21st, 2012

Together with the Comparative and International Education Society’s Globalization & Education SIG the Center for Comparative Education at Loyola University Chicago will be co-hosting an online webinar on “Locating the ‘global’ in education and ethnography: conceptual considerations and practical applications for comparative education research.” …


CCE Webinar Locating the ‘global’ — Presenter’s Abstracts

December 21st, 2012

The January 16th, 2013 webinar will begin with 8-10 minute presentations from three scholars working on these issues. * Liz Boner (UC Berkeley, Center for African Studies) * Amy Stambach and David Mills with Zuki Karpinska (Department of Education, University of Oxford) * Gita Steiner-Khamsi (Teachers College, Columbia University) …


Job Posting: Assistant/Associate Professor International Higher Education

November 16th, 2012

The School of Education, Loyola University Chicago announces a tenure-track position at the Assistant or Associate level with primary teaching, research and service responsibilities in International Higher Education…