The Center for Advanced Study in Education (CASE) conducts basic and applied research concerned with improving and upgrading the quality of education in urban areas.  CASE serves as a forum for consideration of policy issues, as a center for interdisciplinary approaches to educational problems, and as a clearinghouse in areas of educational research.
                                                             
CASE draws its researchers from among the faculty of the colleges of the City University of New York, as well as from students and faculty of the Graduate School, and maintains a close affiliation with the Graduate School’s Ph.D. Program in Educational Psychology.

Funding for CASE projects originates with private industry, foundations, and city, state and federal agencies.  While some of CASE’s work is national in scope, much of it is focused on New York City and New York State.