Institute for Educational Renewal (INFER)

The Institute for Educational Renewal (INFER) is an academic support unity designed to help JSU meet thte educational needs of all learners, prenatal through adulthood, and their families.  INFER's program is interdisciplinary, multi-faceted and dedicated to accomplishing its goals through outreach and collaboration, research and evaluation, program development, mentoring, technical assistance, and sharing with diverse learning communities.  The mission of INFER is to improve the quality of life for all learners through the accomlishment of three major goals:

1.  Secure, coordinate and direct human, material and financial resources to solving the educational problems affecting all learners. 

2.  Conduct, translate and disseminate to nonprofit communities research findings which support educational improvement. 

3.  Collaborate with other professionals, agencies, organizations, parents and policy-makers to promote proven educational strategies, products, practices, and services.