Living out the Jesuit Mission

Guided by our Jesuit ideals and commitment to accompanying those who have been excluded, we strive to foster a culture that is inclusive for all. Care and compassion characterize our teaching and mentorship, and we actively apply research in support of those most in need.  Through our curriculum, placements, programs, and service trips, students learn how to apply best practices that empower all people to thrive.

Community Voices

Our students represent a variety of life experiences, personal interests, and professional goals. Together with our supportive faculty and staff, they make up our vibrant community.

The architecture of diversity and difference enables us as faculty to advance a broader, richer, and deeper understanding of how professionals in education and applied psychology can create a more just and compassionate world. Our diverse identities and experiences shape our inquiries and the meaning we make of our conclusions, allowing us to compose a more complete understanding of the public good.
Ana M. Martínez Alemán, Associate Dean for Faculty


Current Initiatives

Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children

Focused on studying and addressing the out-of-school factors that impact student success.

Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy

CSTEEP strengthens school assessment practice and policy with research, engagement, and advocacy.

Center for Human Rights and International Justice

A multidisciplinary center nurturing leaders who improve global human rights through service and scholarship.

Community Justice and Engaged Pedagogy

Creating transformative learning opportunities within and beyond prison walls and investigating critical issues through a community justice lens.

Campus School at Boston College

Providing personalized educational and therapeutic services to students ages 3–21 who face complex challenges and have unique learning needs.

The Roche Center for Catholic Education

Through four strategic initiatives, the Roche Center strengthens and transforms Catholic schools and improves student outcomes.

Urban Outreach Initiatives

Creating a more just world through training transformational educators who prioritize social justice and equity in classrooms and organizations.

Equitable Instruction Initiative

This initiative helps disrupt inequalities by supporting schools and teachers in instruction that empowers student voices to support more equitable learning.

Institute for the Study of Race and Culture

Championing race and culture as assets and addressing the societal conflicts associated with them.

Lynch School Graduate Programs

Donovan Urban Teaching Scholars

The Charles F. Donovan Urban Teaching Scholars program is an intensive one-year Masters in Education program leading to teacher licensure, that seeks to prepare K-12 teachers to work effectively with students and families in urban schools throughout the country. 

Donovan Urban Teaching Scholars


 

Urban Catholic Teaching Corps

The UCTC actively engages in the ministry of teaching in the schools of the Archdiocese of Boston and provides an academically rigorous and experientially rich urban Catholic teacher preparation based on the Jesuit tradition of formative education. 

Urban Catholic Teaching Corps

Being a great leader isn't about speaking up for the ‘voiceless’. It's about creating spaces where ‘voiceless’ doesn't exist.
Donovan Alum '13

BC Resources

Office for Institutional Diversity

Dedicated to advancing a Boston College culture and climate that is welcoming to all through leadership, support, education, compliance, and policy.

Forum on Racial Justice in America

This forum provides a meeting place for dialogue about race and racism in the U.S., while serving as a catalyst for bridging differences, promoting reconciliation, and encouraging new perspectives.

Courageous Conversations

Courageous Conversations Towards Racial Justice is a dialogue-centered initiative on racism and privilege designed to address racial healing, equity, and justice.

Veterans Services

Boston College proudly welcomes all veterans of the United States Armed Forces and is committed to helping them find the resources they require to thrive here.

LGBTQ Resources

Boston College is dedicated to fostering a welcoming, safe, and inclusive environment for all students and to positively impact and improve the LGBTQ+ student experience.

Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center

This center supports and empowers undergraduate students, with a particular focus on AHANA, multicultural, and multiethnic issues.

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