School of Education - Department of Administrative and Policy Studies

The mission of the Department of Administrative and Policy Studies is to prepare educational leaders, advance professional knowledge, and improve the research and practice of educational administrators and policymakers. Administrative studies contribute to the development of knowledge and skills essential to the effective administration and management of educational organizations in regional, national, and international contexts. Policy studies focus on the decisions, plans, courses of action, and outcomes that occur as administrators and policymakers seek to achieve educational objectives.

Students specialize within three programs: (1) School Leadership Development; (2) Higher Education Administration; and (3) Social and Comparative Analysis in Education (which includes the Social, Philosophical, and Historical Foundations of Education specialization and the International Development Education Perspectives specialization). Students at the master's degree, certification, and doctoral levels prepare for a variety of professional roles, including managerial and staff positions in schools, school districts, higher education institutions, and national ministries of education. Some students prepare for research and policy positions in local, state, national, and international agencies; others go on to careers in research and teaching at the college or university level. The department offers programs leading to the MEd, MA, EdD, and PhD in Administrative and Policy Studies, as well as certification programs. It also provides service courses for students from other departments and schools at the master's and doctoral levels in education and society; history and sociology of education, education and culture, educational anthropology, supervision, administration, education law, qualitative inquiry, interpretive research, and evaluation.

Admission

Applicants for admission to any of the programs in the Department of Administrative and Policy Studies must meet the School of Education admission requirements. Applicants for admission to a doctoral program must also submit a sample of their professional writing in the form of a previously completed term paper, master's thesis, conference presentation, or published article.

The School Leadership Development Program

The School Leadership Development Program prepares school leaders through the Master of Education (MEd) and Doctor of Education (EdD) degree programs and three certification programs (Elementary or Secondary School Principal, Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction, and the Superintendent's Letter of Eligibility). The Superintendents Academy Doctoral Program includes both an EdD and a Letter of Eligibility. All certificates are issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

The School Leadership Development Program includes the School Leadership Collaborative, an organizational structure designed to integrate the activities and resources of the School Leadership Development Programs and three continuing professional and organizational development components: (a) Forum for Western Pennsylvania School Superintendents; (b) Principals Academy of Western Pennsylvania; and (c) Tri-State Area School Study Council.

The mission of the program is to deliver a preeminent preparation program for aspiring school leaders that provides a relevant and balanced course of studies, which includes rigorous field experience. The goal of the School Leadership Development Program is to ensure that all graduates acquire competence through the integration of the knowledge and skills necessary for formulating and implementing a clear vision of educational processes and outcomes associated with responsible data orientation, pertinent to organizational and professional development of staff, and related to effective and responsive management.

The conceptual framework for the preparation programs for future educational leaders incorporates three dimensions in its design:

(1) an integrative curriculum based on five interactive behavioral domains:

(2) a field component integrated with the curriculum that includes experiences with professionals in education, and other public and private service sectors

(3) movement through the doctoral program as a cohort with common experiences and requirements

Contact Information: School Leadership Development

Program Coordinator

School Leadership Development

Department of Administrative and Policy Studies

5S Posvar Hall

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Phone: (412) 648-7429

Fax: (412) 648-1784

E-mail: aps@pitt.edu

Web site: http://www.education.pitt.edu/aps/aps.html

The Higher Education Administration Program

The Higher Education Administration Program offers professional degrees (MEd and EdD) for graduate students who wish to pursue advanced study in academic affairs, institutional management and policy, or student affairs and who demonstrate a superior level of expertise and capacity for leadership in the field of higher education. Course offerings include courses in administration, policy, and evaluation of higher education institutions and systems, both domestic and international. The program faculty includes experienced administrators in higher education, active participants in professional associations, productive higher education scholars, and consultants to both domestic and international higher education agencies. The service activities undertaken by faculty members in the context of professional societies or consultation evolve from and contribute to their teaching and research. The primary intent of the higher education faculty's involvement in professional and community service, therefore, is to extend their knowledge and expertise to settings outside the department, helping to shape educational policy and practice, as well as to test, refine, and/or refocus the ideas that inform their teaching and scholarship. A major vehicle for accomplishing this is the Institute for Higher Education Management (IHEM), which was established in the Spring of 1999 to serve as a forum for professional communication among the leaders of higher education throughout Western Pennsylvania and as a catalyst for change in the management of higher education.

Contact Information: Higher Education Administration Program

Program Coordinator

Higher Education Administration

Department of Administrative and Policy Studies

5S Posvar Hall

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Phone: (412) 648-7100

Fax: (412) 648-1784

E-mail: aps@pitt.edu

Web site: http://www.education.pitt.edu/aps/aps.html

Social and Comparative Analysis in Education (SCAE)

The teaching, research, and service activities of the SCAE faculty focus on analyzing and intervening in the complex relationships between education (preschool, primary, middle, secondary, higher, and nonformal) and society in the United States and other countries throughout the world. Such analyses and involvement in shaping educational policies, organization content, and practices is grounded in selected disciplines of the social sciences and humanities (e.g., anthropology, economics, history, philosophy, political science, sociology). SCAE faculty draw upon interpretive, normative, and critical perspectives in studying and participating in educational and related social phenomena. Such perspectives promote analyses of the meaning and the influence of different value orientations. Existing social and educational systems are analyzed for their efficiency and effectiveness at the same time as attention is focused on inequities and injustice pertaining to ethnicity, gender, race, social class, and geo-political region in institutional policies and practices. Based on such insights, faculty, students, and graduates seek to work with others to improve education and, thereby, the quality of human experience.

Master's degrees [both Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Education (MEd)] and a doctoral degree [Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)] are offered in this program. Students specialize in one of two areas: International and Development Education Perspectives (IDEP) or Social, Philosophical, and Historical Foundations (SPHF) of Education.

The specialization in International and Development Education Perspectives (IDEP) is focused on discipline-based, comparative analyses of educational systems and problems in national and global contexts. Particular emphasis is given to understanding the relationships between the organization, content, policies, and processes of education, on the one hand, and cultural, economic, and political change in societies varying in the degree and form of development, on the other.

The specialization in Social, Philosophical, and Historical Foundations (SPHF) of Education is concerned with analyzing issues confronting education organizations and their relationship to large social systems from the perspectives of philosophy, history, and the social sciences. Of particular interest are practical and theoretical issues concerned with social class, racial/ethnic, and gender inequities as well as problems underlying educational practice, administration, policy development and implementation, and evaluation of education change efforts.

Students in both specializations are encouraged to earn a certificate from one or more of the area studies programs coordinated by the University Center for International Studies (Asian, Latin American, Russian and East European, and West European) as well as from the Women's Studies Program. Course work also may be taken in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, the Department of Africana Studies, as well as various departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Contact Information: SCAE

Program Coordinator

Social and Comparative Analysis in Education

Department of Administrative and Policy Studies

5S Posvar Hall

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Phone: (412) 648-7100

Fax: (412) 648-1784

E-mail: aps@pitt.edu

Web site: http://www.education.pitt.edu/aps/aps.html

Department of Administrative and Policy Studies Courses

ADMPS 2050 Race and Racism in Education and Society (Cross-listed with EDUC 2103)

ADMPS 2087 Special Topics

ADMPS 2089 Special Topics

ADMPS 2090 Research Seminar

ADMPS 2091 Higher Education Master's Seminar

ADMPS 2092 Elementary School Practicum

ADMPS 2093 Secondary School Practicum

ADMPS 2095 Central Office Administration Practicum

ADMPS 2096 Internship in Supervision

ADMPS 2097 Policy, Planning, and Evaluation Practicum

ADMPS 2098 Directed Study

ADMPS 2099 Guidance in the Master's Degree

ADMPS 2100 School Leadership: Assessment and Development

ADMPS 2101 Pennsylvania School Law

ADMPS 2102 TCD School Law for Teachers (Cross-listed with I&L 2929)

ADMPS 2105 Building External Capacity

ADMPS 2106 Introduction to Educational Systems Planning

ADMPS 2107 Educational Administration and Management

ADMPS 2108 Educational Facilities Planning

ADMPS 2109 The School Administrator

ADMPS 2110 Educational Program Leadership

ADMPS 2111 Student Development and Assessment

ADMPS 2112 Group Dynamics/Intergroup Relations

ADMPS 2114 Disability Law and Society

ADMPS 2115 School Supervision: Theory and Skills

ADMPS 2117 Modes of Instruction

ADMPS 2120 Student Services Management

ADMPS 2131 Higher Education Administration

ADMPS 2133 Gender and Education

ADMPS 2201 Data Base Management Systems

ADMPS 2203 Seminar in Post-Secondary Counseling

ADMPS 2302 Politics of US Education (Cross-listed with EDUC 2108)

ADMPS 2305 Sociology of Education (Cross-listed with EDUC 2105)

ADMPS 2306 History of Education in the United States (Cross-listed with EDUC 2102)

ADMPS 2307 Politics and History of Higher Education

ADMPS 2310 Contemporary Philosophy of Education

ADMPS 2312 The Supreme Court and Education

ADMPS 2342 Education and Culture (Cross-listed with EDUC 2106)

ADMPS 2344 Education and Social Movements (Cross-listed with EDUC 2104)

ADMPS 2352 Educational Anthropology (Cross-listed with EDUC 2203 and ANTH 2728)

ADMPS 2353 Applied Anthropology (Cross-listed with ANTH 1775 and 2775)

ADMPS 2355 Ethnography of Education (Cross-listed with ANTH 2785)

ADMPS 2356 Field Methods (Cross-listed with ANTH 2763)

ADMPS 2359 Gender, Education, and Third World Development

ADMPS 2398 Economics of Education (Cross-listed with PIA 2587)

ADMPS 2399 The Political Economy of Education (Cross-listed with PIA 2584)

ADMPS 3001 Disciplined Inquiry in Administrative and Policy Studies

ADMPS 3003 APS Core I

ADMPS 3004 APS Core II

ADMPS 3007 The Law and Society

ADMPS 3010 Survey Research

ADMPS 3011 Superintendent's Assessment Laboratory

ADMPS 3012 Field Methods in Educational Research

ADMPS 3013 Historiography of Education

ADMPS 3015 Ethical Issues in Higher Education

ADMPS 3016 Introduction to Qualitative Research

ADMPS 3089 Special Topics

ADMPS 3090 Dissertation Research Seminar

ADMPS 3091 Supervised Research In Educational Administration

ADMPS 3092 Higher Education Internship

ADMPS 3093 Central Office Administration Internship (Cohort)

ADMPS 3095 Internship: Policy, Planning, and Evaluation

ADMPS 3097 Supervised Research

ADMPS 3098 Directed Study

ADMPS 3099 Guidance in the Doctoral Degree

ADMPS 3100 Instructional Leadership

ADMPS 3101 Resources Management

ADMPS 3102 School Law

ADMPS 3103 School Financial Business

ADMPS 3104 Higher Education Strategic Planning

ADMPS 3106 Educational Planning and Evaluation

ADMPS 3107 Leadership in Organizational Renewal

ADMPS 3109 Strategic Management in Education

ADMPS 3112 Staff Development (K-12)

ADMPS 3113 Public Relations and Marketing in Educational Institutions (K-12)

ADMPS 3114 Human Resources I

ADMPS 3115 The Superintendent in Educational Leadership

ADMPS 3116 Schools as Complex Organizations (K-12)

ADMPS 3118 Conflict Management

ADMPS 3122 Research Seminar in School Administration

ADMPS 3125 Fundamentals of Instructional Supervision

ADMPS 3126 Adults as Learners in the Curriculum

ADMPS 3127 Curriculum: Perspectives and Issues (K-12)

ADMPS 3128 Higher Education Budget Management

ADMPS 3129 Higher Education Human Resource Management

ADMPS 3130 Higher Education Academic Program Management

ADMPS 3131 Student, Campus, and Society

ADMPS 3135 Seminar in College Teaching

ADMPS 3136 Comparative Higher Education

ADMPS 3137 Organizational Development in Higher Education

ADMPS 3139 Legal Aspects of Higher Education

ADMPS 3140 Project Planning in Higher Education

ADMPS 3141 Policy Studies in Higher Education

ADMPS 3142 Advanced Seminar in Higher Education

ADMPS 3145 Vision, Organizational Development, and Leadership

ADMPS 3146 Human Resources II

ADMPS 3200 Educational Policy Planning: Models and Paradigms

ADMPS 3201 Introduction to Educational Evaluation (Cross-listed with PSYED 3450)

ADMPS 3203 Program Documentation in Educational Systems

ADMPS 3204 Effective Schools: Research, Policy, Practice

ADMPS 3205 Decision-Oriented Educational Research

ADMPS 3206 Planning and Use of Evaluation by Administrators

ADMPS 3207 Sector Analysis, Project Design, and Evaluation

ADMPS 3208 Case Studies in Educational Policy

ADMPS 3209 Higher Education Institutional Assessment and Accreditation

ADMPS 3212 The Dynamics of Educational Policy

ADMPS 3300 Proseminar in Social and Comparative Analysis

ADMPS 3301 Educational Change Theory

ADMPS 3302 Educational Social and Economic Change

ADMPS 3309 Critical Theory and Education

ADMPS 3310 Seminar in the Philosophy of Education

ADMPS 3311 Ways of Knowing

ADMPS 3315 Post Modernity and Education

ADMPS 3341 Evaluation of Educational Change Projects

ADMPS 3343 Comparative Education

ADMPS 3345 Adult and Non-Formal Education

ADMPS 3347 International Organizations in Development Education

ADMPS 3350 Educational Issues in Africa and Arab States

ADMPS 3352 Education in Asia and the Pacific