Department Chair: Gretchen Rossman
Room 155, Hills House South; (413) 545-4377

Mission

The Department of Educational Policy, Research, and Administration (EPRA) seeks to:

• promote educational policy and perspectives needed to enrich educational practices,
  
• prepare leaders in educational policy and administration, and
  
• advance educational research and evaluation methodologies that provide the basis for effective knowledge generation and decision making, particularly in regard to three major settings:
  • K-12 schooling,
  • higher or post-secondary education, and
  • international contexts.
  The Department maintains:
  - research-oriented graduate programs of study,
  - practitioner-oriented graduate programs of study
  - and organized academic outreach projects (with close ties to programs of study).