Leadership in Education

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Faculty

Joseph W. Check, PhD, Tufts University

Language, Literacy, and Writing
Practitioner Inquiry
Leadership for School Change

Carol Colbeck, PhD, Stanford University

How Organizational and Disciplinary Contexts Effect Faculty Work
Teaching and Learning in STEM Education

Jay Dee, PhD, University of Iowa

Organizational Change
Organizational Analysis
Interpersonal Communication
Leadership
Community Colleges
Policy Studies

Glenn Gabbard, EdD, University of Massachusetts Boston

Organizational Change
Leadership in Higher Education
Access and Retention of Underserved Student Populations

Dwight Giles, PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Service Learning
Community Development
Action Research
Higher Education Reform

Judith Gill, PhD, University of Michigan

Higher Education Public Policy Development, Implementation and Analysis
State Governance and Coordinating Structures
Higher Education Performance Measurement

Charisse Gulosino, PhD, Columbia University

K-12 Education Policy
Finance and Governance
School Choice
Geospatial Modeling and Analysis

Tricia Kress, PhD, City University of New York Graduate Center

Socio-cultural Contexts of Education
Ethnographic Research
Critical Pedagogy

Jack Leonard, EdD, Boston University

Urban School Leadership
School Reform
School-Community Partnerships
Cultural Reform Models
History of Educational Reform

Samuel D. Museus, PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Access and Success Among Under-Represented College Students
Campus Environment
Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methodology

Tara L. Parker, PhD, New York University

Access, Equity, and Diversity in Higher Education
Higher Education Policy
Impact of Policy on Student-of-Color Experiences and Outcomes

John Saltmarsh, PhD, Boston University
(Director of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education [NERCHE])

Teaching and Learning
Service-Learning
Civic Mission of Higher Education
Institutional Change

Katalin Szelenyi, PhD, University of California

STEM Education
Globalization
Academic Capitalism
History of Higher Education

Wenfan Yan, PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo

Research Methods
Large Scale Data Analysis
Policy Analysis and Evaluation
Cultural Diversity
Comparative Education

The Programs

UMass Boston’s College of Education and Human Development’s Department of Leadership in Education offers EdDs and PhDs in both higher education and urban education, leadership, and policy studies. Both link research and principles of leadership to the needs and experiences of practitioners. Higher education prepares students for positions of leadership in higher education. The EdD and PhD in urban education, leadership, and policy studies (formerly leadership in urban schools) respond to a growing demand to educate highly-trained professionals in K-12 education who, while familiar with the practice of K-12 educational administration, also possess a deep understanding of research methodology and the theoretical foundations underlying K-12 education and leadership practices. Both seek applicants who can demonstrate:

a distinguished record of accomplishments in the field of education, particularly through reform initiatives;
a sustained interest in the culture, structure, and operation of educational institutions, in new approaches to administration and policy development, and in the nature and purpose of learning and teaching;
the potential for academic success, especially in analytic writing and basic research skills;
a desire to provide leadership for change in educational institutions;
personal commitment to completing the program in a timely manner.

Programs

Doctor of Philosophy

Higher Education, PhD

Other Programs

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