Sound policies and skilled leadership are essential to producing effective and equitable solutions for all populations in educational settings. Our doctoral program in Education Policy and Leadership prepares ?you with the intellectual and methodological skills to conduct and interpret research that guides contemporary education policy systems toward solutions. We offer doctoral students an engaging course of study and meaningful collaboration with nationally recognized faculty in the conduct of high-quality research and policy analysis. Our interdisciplinary program of scholarly learning will help you to place educational policy research in the broader context of civic governance, community social services and support for healthy children and communities. As a student, you will be a member of a small cohort and gain sophisticated research skills that are in demand by K-12 school systems, colleges and universities, research think tanks, nonprofit research development and evaluation organizations, and federal and state agencies.

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