Quotes from current COE faculty involved in HOP:

What benefits has being involved with HOP provided you as a faculty member in the College of Education?

"I have been able to meet very capable students in education who would have never crossed my path otherwise. I have been able to discuss research with them in follow-up conversations and give them the opportunity to work with children in need of services."
       -- Kit Gerken, Psych & Quant Foundations

"The HOP has really added to my experience as a faculty member at Iowa by putting me in contact with exemplary students; their perspectives and enthusiasm enrich my own ideas about research and learning. I have also enjoyed attending the HOP student presentations. It is really interesting to see what other faculty are working on with students and to learn more about undergraduate research and enrichment."
       -- Rachel Williams, Art Education

"I've especially enjoyed opportunities to help future teachers initiate the kind of classroom-based research that I hope they'll continue to do in their own classrooms."
       -- Linda Fielding, Curriculum & Instruction.

HOP students feel HOP provides them with a variety of benefits:

"I have been able to meet a lot of the professors that are working on research projects and hear their ideas."

"The HOP program is full of resources to help with scholarships and volunteer opportunities, among other things. These benefits can really enhance your college career."

"HOP's biggest benefit to me was the diversity of information related to different types of students. I first realized how beneficial this was when I had a job interview for a camp counselor position this summer. I know I would not have been able to answer some of the questions if I had not be exposed to those types of situations."