In this issue: Breaking Barriers, Making History

Twenty-five years ago, the School of Education became the School of Education and Social Policy. SESP is celebrating that anniversary with this issue of Inquiry.

"The small school that thinks big" is what undergraduates began calling SESP a few years ago. That catchphrase captures the bold and innovative spirit of the smallest school at Northwestern — and the smallest school of education in the top 10 nationwide.
Today’s undergraduates weren’t even born yet in 1986 when the School of Education thought big enough to become the School of Education and Social Policy — the first in the nation.

5 trailblazing alumni describe their achievements as you will - "breaking the mold," "thinking outside the box" or simply "innovative" - the following five alumni are part of SESP's tradition of fostering inventive approaches to improving people's lives. In honor of SESP’s 25th anniversary, we asked these high-profile professionals, representing SESP’s five undergraduate majors over the past 25 years, to describe their jobs and the ways that SESP influenced them.

A typical Saturday morning is actually quite extraordinary at the Center for Talent Development’s Saturday Enrichment Program.
Dozens of classrooms across Northwestern University's Evanston campus are brimming with students riveted to educational activities that cater to the needs of gifted children.