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Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
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Madison, WI  53706-1326

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Mission Statement

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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Jerlando F. L. Jackson, PhD
Vilas Distinguished Professor of Higher Education
Director & Chief Research Scientist, 
Wisconsin’s Equity & Inclusion Laboratory

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Department Chair

Jerlando F. L. Jackson, PhD
Vilas Distinguished 
Professor of Higher Education
Director & Chief Research Scientist,
Wisconsin’s Equity & Inclusion Laboratory

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Department Chair

Jerlando F. L. Jackson, PhD
Vilas Distinguished 
Professor of Higher Education
Director & Chief Research Scientist,
Wisconsin’s Equity & Inclusion Laboratory
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ELPA Information Session (webinar) 

Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 5:30-7:00
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Thinking about administrative positions in K12 schools?
Wanting to work in a college or university setting?
Questioning the politics of education?

Preparing LEADERS…​it's what we do.

The Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis faculty & staff will be available to address questions about our K12 Leadership, Higher Education and Educational Policy Analysis and Evaluation degree programs?

The ELPA K12 Leadership Master's is accepting applications! A degree program designed for teachers who aspire to be leaders and make a difference. Learn with a cohort of peers over a period of 14 months. Classes are held primarily on weekends in two locations: Madison and the Wisconsin Idea Principal Preparation Program in the Green Bay area.  Application deadline is April 1, 2020.

Have questions?  Join us for our information session (webinar) Thursday, February 6, 2020, 5:30-7:00.  Register to participate.

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NEWS
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Winter 2019-20 edition of Learning Connections alumni magazine now available

January 16, 2020

Four from UW–Madison ranked among most influential education scholars

January 08, 2020

Bell named next director of Wisconsin Center for Education Research

January 06, 2020
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Carl A Grant Scholars Lecture Series: Colloquium and Graduate Session with Ayesha S. Boyce

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Is There a Student-Debt Crisis? Some Misperceptions and Causes for Concern

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Advancing Equity in Our Colleges and Universities

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