教育政策研究计划的任务是培养关键的决策者和学者，使他们在领先的教育机构，执行和分析政策以及实现社会公正方面表现出色。我们的毕业生是对这些变化的教育环境做出有效反应的重要思想家。他们成为教育组织，大学和大学教师以及政策分析人员的领导者，他们在研究方法上具有扎实的基础。教育政策研究学院的教师在影响所有教育水平的教育政策方面具有专长。一些专门知识领域包括经济援助政策，高等教育拨款，学费政策，教育政策实施，语言教育政治和移民政策。他们定期在该领域的顶级期刊上发表论文，并在包括美国教育研究协会，美国教育研究协会和教
The mission of the educational policy studies program is to develop critical policymakers and scholars who demonstrate excellence in leading educational institutions, implementing and analyzing policy, and enacting social justice.Our graduates are critical thinkers who effectively respond to such changing landscapes in education. They become leaders in educational organizations, college and university faculty, and policy analysts with strong grounding in research methods.The educational policy studies faculty have expertise in education policy affecting all levels of education. Some of the particular areas of expertise include financial aid policy, higher education appropriations, tuition policy, education policy implementation, politics of language education and immigration policy. They regularly publish in top journals in the field and present their scholarship at national and international conferences, including the American Educational Research Association, the American Educational Studies Association, and the Association for Education Finance and Policy.Examine the relationship of society and education through a variety of theoretical perspectives and empirical studies.Gain an understanding of the political context in which educators work and how these relationships play out across local, state and federal levels.