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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…

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David DeMatthews: Charter School Backlash Shows Why Oversight is Needed in Texas

Feb. 10, 2020

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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…

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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…

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Educational Leadership and Policy Professor Terrance Green Named William T Grant Scholars Finalist

Nov. 27, 2019

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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.

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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…

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Two ELP Professors Appointed Associate Editors of AERJ

Oct. 22, 2019

University of Texas at Austin Associate Professor Rebecca Callahan and Assistant Professor Huriya Jabbar have been appointed as associate editors of the American Educational Research Journal (AERJ).

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David DeMatthews and Joshua Childs: What the Next Education Secretary Must Do

Oct. 16, 2019

Educational Leadership and Policy faculty David DeMatthews and Joshua Childs outline what the next Education Secretary must do.

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Learn about Educational Leadership and Policy’s Graduate-Student-Run Peer-Reviewed Journal, Texas Education Review

Oct. 11, 2019

TxEd is a web-based, open access peer-reviewed academic journal that does not require fees for authors to publish their work.

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