Changing Policy and Learning Through Leadership
The Learning, Leadership, and Education Policy Ph.D. program in UConn's Neag School of Education, through its curriculum, extracurricular offerings, and faculty, aims to:
Maximize the educational experiences of students and prepare them for current and future positions in adult learning; higher education, racial justice, and decolonization; leadership and education policy; and sport management.
Students will be prepared to respond to growth in the field of education through flexible and broadly applicable plans of study. They will be prepared for academic and administrative positions in schools of education, and leadership or research positions in school, university, government, think tank, business, and non-profit agency settings.
Afford students opportunities for interdisciplinary studies and resources to support their work.
Across the three concentrations, courses, resources, faculty backgrounds and interests serve to enhance student interdisciplinary experiences including, but not limited to project-based academic students, grant funded research, conferences and colloquia, and outreach and service activities.
Increase collaboration among faculty and students, among students themselves, with related interests.
Opportunities for collaboration with faculty and other students include peer writing and research groups, teaching in courses or community education programs, and scholarly activities such as research projects, conference presentations, and publications, which contribute to the quality student experience the LLEP offers.
Program Concentrations
Adult Learning
Adult learning is fundamental to individual, professional, and social development. This concentration of the Learning, Leadership, and Education Policy Ph.D. program prepares scholar-practitioners, researchers, and leaders who have the knowledge, skills, and values to support adult learning at individual, community, organizational, and policy levels.
Higher Education, Racial Justice, and Decolonization
This concentration offers students opportunities to engage in critical reflexivity and praxis related to racial justice and decolonization. It exposes students to the necessary academic and professional learning they need to be critical, anti-racist, and equity-minded scholar-practitioners.
Leadership and Education Policy
This concentration prepares students for academic and administrative positions in higher education, or leadership or research positions in schools, government agencies, think tanks, business, and nonprofit organizations. Students develop an understanding of multiple dimensions of leadership, as well as conditions enabling leadership for change.
Sport Management
This concentration blends classroom, research, and field experiences to help students develop the necessary skills to be successful in any area of the sport industry. This Ph.D. program concentration prepares scholar-practitioners and researchers who can lead sport and envision it as a vehicle for positive social outcomes.