Departmental Restructuring for Improved Efficiency

We are delighted to report that the faculty in the departments of Educational Policy Studies, Educational Organization and Leadership, and Human Resource Education have strongly endorsed the proposal to reorganize into a new single academic unit -- the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership (EPOL). The proposal was forwarded to the Provost's Office, and it has now moved to the Educational Policy Committee for consideration.

There will be no changes in the programs currently offered through the existing units.

The overarching mission of the reorganized department is the study and development of educational policy, leadership, and organizational change in multiple local, state, natonal, and international contexts, including P-12 schooling, postsecondary and higher education, the workplace, and a variety of informal settings where education also takes place (including the family and the community).

The new department will draw upon the strengths of faculty, staff, students, and alumni to develop new organizational alignments that will significantly enhance the quality of core areas (Education Policy; Higher Education; Educational Administration and Leadership; Human Resource Development; Social and Philosophical Foundations; Global Studies in Education, and E-Learning) as well as foster new collaborative reseach opportunities.

UPDATE: April 2, 2010

Meeting Minutes from the Public Hearing on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 (pdf)

UPDATE: March 10, 2010

The UIUC Educational Policy Committee requires an advisory vote of the faculty. All tenure-track faculty in the college, including those who voted previously in a departmental election, are asked to register their advisory vote at http://education.illinois.edu/advisoryballot/ no later than 11:59 pm on Tuesday, March 16, 2010.

A Public Hearing, conducted by the UIUC Senate's Education Policy Committee, will be held on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 3 pm in Room 42A, Education Building.

For more information on departmental restructuring at the College of Education, please contact Susan Michaels, Assistant to the Dean, at susanm@illinois.edu or 217-244-3293.