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 Spring 2011 Conference: The Obama Education Agenda: Principles, Policies, and Prospects (presentations available)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 -- Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall, Room 159

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Lecture by Diane Ravitch, “The Future of Public Education” (video available)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 – Wisconsin Union Theater (Memorial Union)