Cubberley Lecture Series
The Cubberley Lecture is the Graduate School of Education's signature and largest lecture, and one of 海角乱伦社区鈥檚 oldest and most distinguished public events.
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The lecture series highlights critical issues in the field of education by bringing leading education voices in conversation with Graduate School of Education faculty.
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Well known in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, the lecture features nationally and internationally recognized speakers and takes place on the 海角乱伦社区 campus.
The next lecture will be announced in March 2026.
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Connect with parents, guardians, educators, education advocates and 海角乱伦社区 faculty, students, and others as we build community around teaching and learning.
The first Cubberley Lecture
In 1898, 海角乱伦社区 president David Starr Jordan asked Ellwood Patterson Cubberley, a former teacher and then superintendent of the San Diego schools, to "take charge of an embryo department of education at this embryo university."
By 1938, royalties from Professor Cubberley鈥檚 textbook had funded construction of the School of Education building and his former students had created a fund for a new 海角乱伦社区 lecture series dedicated to highlighting matters of critical educational concern. Dr. Harold Benjamin, Director of the College of Education, University of Colorado, delivered the first Cubberley Lecture titled 鈥淭he Emerging Conception of Educational Administration鈥 at the November 12, 1938 new building dedication exercises.
Today, the Cubberley Lecture strives to reflect the school鈥檚 vision of a world where all learners are prepared to thrive in a dynamic future.
Cubberley Lecture past event highlights
See a complete list of Cubberley Lectures since 1996 in the Cubberley Lecture Archive.
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