Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

The mission of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies is to prepare entry and executive level administrators for schools and colleges, faculty in colleges and universities, and policy scholars to serve in state, regional and national policy agencies associated with educational and human service enterprise. The graduate programs of the department are designed to enrich knowledge, skills, and values requisite to effective leadership and to effective teaching and research in educational settings.

Vision
The Department will be nationally recognized for graduating outstanding, innovative, and courageous leaders and for producing significant educational research that influences policy and practice.

Values

The core values which are embedded in all components of the work of the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department include:

Civility – Affirming the power of human dignity and diversity
Candor – Respecting the power of public forum and the role of dissent and debate
Courage – Acting on conviction and linking belief to action
Responsibility – Accepting care for one’s actions and decisions
Compassion – Caring for person and principle and hold high expectations
Community – Respecting diversity while developing an agenda of common caring
Persistence – Accenting long-range goals and staying the course in face of hardship
Service – Placing the welfare and promise of others before self
Excellence – Calling individuals and organizations to high standards of performance
Justice – Ensuring equity in opportunity and recognition