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Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
School of Education
UW-Madison
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Madison, WI  53706-1326

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The mission of the department is to create, evaluate, exchange, and apply knowledge about leadership, learning, and organizational performance to prepare scholars and scholar practitioners who cultivate equity and educational opportunity in a diverse and changing world.

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Nationally Ranked Programs in
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DEPARTMENT CHAIR

Eric Camburn
Professor
Educational Leadership
& Policy Analysis
253D Education Building
1000 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706
608-263-3697
camburn@wisc.edu		  

                                                                                 

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WISCAPE  supports the pursuit, sharing, and implementation of promising ideas for addressing fundamental challenges in postsecondary education in Wisconsin, the United States, and internationally.
 


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Nationally Ranked Programs in
Educational Administration & Supervision
andHigher Education Administration

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andHigher Education Administration

    

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2016-2017 ELPA Dissertation of the Year 
Awards. Left to right: Kelly Wickersham, 
Van Lac, Alexis Bourgeois, Adam Nelson 

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ELPA STUDENTS RECEIVE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AWARDS

2018 Theodora Herfurth Kubly Awarded to
Nicholas Kay

2018The Christine and Philip Lodewick Awarded to
Gwendolyn Baxley

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Academic All-American!TJ Ruschell
TJ is a three time all-Big Ten academic team member, has an undergrad degree in economics, and although he has completed his eligibility to compete with the Badgers, he will be staying in Madison next year in order to compete his masters degree in ELPA.
Way to go, TJ! We’re proud of you!

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Brittany Ota

Graduate Student Breaks Ground on Multiracial Student Experiences

Deniece Dortch

ELPA PhD Alum
Doing great work...

African American Doctoral Scholars Initiative

The University of Utah

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Academic All-American!TJ Ruschell
TJ is a three time all-Big Ten academic team member, has an undergrad degree in economics, and although he has completed his eligibility to compete with the Badgers, he will be staying in Madison next year in order to compete his masters degree in ELPA.
Way to go, TJ! We’re proud of you!

brittany

Brittany Ota

Graduate Student Breaks Ground on Multiracial Student Experiences

Deniece Dortch

ELPA PhD Alum
Doing great work...

African American Doctoral Scholars Initiative

The University of Utah

 deniece

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Terrance Green

Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Austin, and ELPA PhD Alumnus ​will be receiving the 2017 Early Career Award from theAmerican Educational Research Association’s Division A.

Ellie Bruecker

ELPA PhD student selected for AEI summer policy institute in Washington, D.C.		 ellie-bruecker-mug

Leonard Taylor

PhD Alumnus is being honored with the 2017 Dissertation of the Year Award from theAmerican Association of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE).		 leonard-taylor-mug

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NPR uses expertise of UW-Madison's Mead to help put DeVos’ testimony in perspective

June 11, 2017

Winkle-Wagner co-authors report examining racial discourse around Fisher affirmative action case

June 08, 2017

UW-Madison's Hillman quoted in Chronicle article on student loans

June 04, 2017
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