The Department of Educational Policy Studies offers an interdisciplinary program leading to both the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. The department is dedicated to the study of educational policy in its various manifestations and to the study of traditionally defined fields such as anthropology of education, comparative and international education, public policy and education, history of education, philosophy of education, and sociology of education. The number of budgeted faculty in the department is twelve. Twelve to eighteen students enter the department each year. The department includes faculty with interests in education beyond the United States and has formed ties with institutions and scholars in other countries.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

EPS sponsored conference: The Global University: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives February 5 and 6 2010.

The Global University: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives is a two-day conference to be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on February 5 and 6, 2010. Following up on earlier meetings in China and the United Kingdom, this will be the third international conference of the "Ideas and Universities" project of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN).

The "Ideas and Universities" project brings together leading higher-education scholars from China, Australia, Canada, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States to discuss (a) the roles that universities have played—and continue to play—in the global knowledge economy, and (b) the evolving identity of university teacher-researchers and their changing roles in institutions of higher learning.

This conference is free and open to the public. But space is limited and pre-registration is required. If you have questions about the conference, please contact Professor Adam R Nelson.

2009 Alumni Newsletter Now Online

We are pleased to bring you the first electronic edition of "EPS: CAPPISH" – an annual newsletter for alumni and friends of the Department that includes alumni updates, research and accomplishments by our talented students and faculty, recent events and opportunities for supporting the department. Highlights include a feature on the new undergraduate Globalization and Education course, a profile of alumnus Kevin Kumashiro (PhD 2000), who works to improve equality in the classroom, the retirement of Professor Michael Olneck and an update on the renovation of the Education Building.

We've Moved!

Our new address is: Rust Hall, 115 North Orchard Street, Madison WI 53715
NOTE: Phones and email have not changed

Now available:

A video and PowerPoint of Christopher Jencks EPS lecture, "Economic Inequality: How Much is Too Much?"