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Richard Reddick: Defeating Coronavirus Means Confronting Racial Discrimination
Apr. 15, 2020

Richard Reddick Defeating Coronavirus Means Confronting Racial Discrimination
Apr. 15, 2020

David DeMatthews Principals Have the Public's Trust. It's Time to Leverage That Trust
Mar. 03, 2020

Austin ISD Superintendent and UT Alumnus Paul Cruz to Join Faculty at UT Austin
Feb. 19, 2020
The College of Education is pleased to announce that Paul Cruz, B.S. ’87, Ph.D. ’95, will join the faculty this fall as a professor of practice in the Cooperative Superintendency Program (CSP) in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy. In this non-tenure track position, he will serve as co-director…

David DeMatthews: Charter School Backlash Shows Why Oversight is Needed in Texas
Feb. 10, 2020

Reddick Named Inaugural Member of Distinguished Service Academy
Feb. 04, 2020
Rich Reddick, associate dean for equity, community engagement, and outreach, has been named one of five members of the first cohort of the new Distinguished Service Academy at UT Austin. The academy is a group of extraordinary faculty members selected for their outstanding service at UT and beyond. Each…

Educational Leadership and Policy Alumna Named Austin Community College Hays Dean of Students
Jan. 27, 2020
Jodi Denyszn, M.Ed. ‘01, Ph.D. ‘13, has been promoted to dean of students for the Austin Community College Hays campus in Kyle. Denyszn, whose career in education has spanned 20 years, has been employed in student affairs as a manager in the Student Engagement and Data Analytics unit at ACC…

Educational Leadership and Policy Professor Terrance Green Named William T Grant Scholars Finalist
Nov. 27, 2019

Richard Reddick: Higher Education is Growing Burden for American Families
Nov. 23, 2019
"We should not get comfortable with a normal that has students wishing and hoping for chance encounters with the wealthy so their college dreams can become reality — for all of our benefit," says Reddick.

Experiential Learning in Action: Empowering Equity-Minded and Entrepreneurial Leaders
Nov. 16, 2019
Students in the inaugural cohort of the University of Texas College of Education Executive Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership program recently experienced a unique learning opportunity that modeled real-world practice. Richard Rhodes, president and CEO of Austin Community College and professor of practice for the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy…