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The Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies (EPLS) offers programs that prepare education leaders, teachers, professors, and researchers in the fields of educational administration, higher education, and social foundations of education. The academic programs, faculty, and students in the Department reflect the richness of our diversities. EPLS offers its graduate students a varied curriculum with particular strength in education law, evaluation methodologies, education policy, economics of education, educational demography, the history of American education, epistemology and ethics, contemporary educational reforms, and quality educational leadership.

The Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies consists of approximately 250 students and 14 faculty members. The EPLS faculty is recognized nationally for its scholarly productivity. The faculty is also well-known for its interdisciplinary research interests, as exemplified by many publications in history, philosophy, sociology, law, testing and evaluation, and other specialized education journals. The faculty and graduate students engage both in qualitative and quantitative research.Our research laboratory is equipped with leading-edge technologies and provides both faculty and students with access to large data files and other research materials. The EPLS research lab has been established with the mission of providing our students with highly effective research support for a broad variety of educational policy research. Students work closely with faculty in exploring their research interests and learning about the use of various technologies.

Our programs are highly respected in the job market. Our graduates hold prominent positions in government, in school districts, in colleges and universities, and in business throughout the United States and internationally.

Now I would like to introduce myself. My name is Larry Bartlett. I am a Professor and Departmental Executive Officer in the Department. In addition, I'm an Administrative Law Judge for special education hearings in Iowa and for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in the United States Department of Interior, as well as Iowa School administrator termination proceedings. I am especially proud that one of my special education hearing decisions was affirmed by the United States Supreme Court. Currently, I teach courses on education law and the administration of special education programs. I invite you to continue to browse our online information and to contact us if you have any questions. It'll be our pleasure to respond to your inquires. Thank you for visiting with us.

Larry D. Bartlett