强调学校组织和教育政策（SOEP）的目的是在教育政策制定中培养未来的学者和专业利益相关者。我们的计划主要关注K-12学校，高等教育机构，社区组织和各种政府机构在各种环境中评估和分析政策和计划的工具。该计划向学生展示教育决策的各种关键领域和方法，包括社会和文化因素，教育改革，学校财务，政策制定中的法律问题，领导能力，组织变革，沟通策略以及其他主题。
The purpose of the School Organization and Educational Policy (SOEP) emphasis is to develop future scholars and professional stakeholders in education policymaking. Our program focuses heavily on the tools for evaluation and analysis of policies and programs across a variety of settings from K-12 schools, higher education institutions, community organizations, and various government agencies. The program exposes students to a variety of critical areas and approaches to education policymaking, including social and cultural considerations, education reform, school finance, legal issues in policy formation, leadership, organizational change, communication strategies, and other topics.<br><br>Students in our program are exposed to the concepts, language, and development of education policymaking across a variety of settings. These settings include federal, state or local government agencies, district or school-level contexts, higher education institutions, non-governmental agencies and professional constituency groups, and many other organizational decision-making arenas. Given individuals specific areas of interest in education policy, students also immerse themselves in other disciplinary areas of inquiry related to their chosen focus of study (e.g. language policy, higher education, school finance, school reform, teacher effectiveness, etc.) to enhance their topical and methodological knowledge.