U.S. News and World Report announced this month that Vanderbilt's Peabody College ranks has one of the best graduate education programs in the country, second only to Stanford University.

Since 2004, Peabody has consistently ranked within the top 10 in many of its specific programs, including educational administration, which is currently No. 1 in the nation.
"We knew that Peabody has been excellent for quite a while, but there's a lag time and the national rankings are beginning to catch up to reflect what exists here on campus," said Peabody's Associate Dean for External Relations and Professional Education Timothy Caboni.

In addition, Peabody faculty members Donna Ward, Janet Eyler and Rich Lehrer were recently given awards for their pioneering and substantive contributions within their respective fields.

"If you were to go through each of our faculty's resumes, almost all these folks have been recognized at some point in their career for work that they've done. It's never common to receive that kind of recognition, but its not surprising given the level of work that exists on campus. We are very proud of them," Caboni said.

"Although I have been here for six years, in many ways, I feel as if I am just getting started," said Lehrer, a professor of science education.