About the Program
Recognizing the centrality of policy in education practice, Educational Leadership courses give current and aspiring leaders, policy analysts, and scholars the opportunity to critically examine and synthesize research, theories, practices, and policies and to conduct rigorous research that contributes to improving education.
Collaborating with Educational Leadership faculty helps students expand their perspectives beyond education in the United States. Students thereby gain insight regarding leadership, organizational change and school reform, policies and politics, curriculum development, instructional improvement, and evaluation in both domestic and international contexts. Students who are interested in educational leadership also have the opportunity to work with the Center for Educational Policy, which manages externally funded grants and contracts.
Educational Leadership faculty are available to collaborate with doctoral students as dissertation committee members (determined on a case-by-case basis).
Learn more about the PhD in Educational Leadership program.