Welcome to the Education Policy Center at the University of Alabama
The Education Policy
Center, in support of the missions of the University and the College of
Education, will inform and improve policy-making and practice, and our understanding of the roles education plays in a
free and equitable society, through a coordinated program of basic and applied
research, topical and historical analyses of education-related issues, and
services for educational practitioners and policy-makers in the State of
Alabama and beyond.
The Education Policy Center conducts research, engages with local communities and policy makers, and provides policy-related analysis in support of the educational objectives of access, equity, and academic achievement, particularly as they are realized in public schools, community and technical colleges, and four-year colleges and universities. It is our objective to contribute, through the work of the Center, to educational reform movements that will in turn increase democratic participation, civic engagement, and, ultimately, social justice.
The Education Policy Center conducts research, engages with local communities and policy makers, and provides policy-related analysis in support of the educational objectives of access, equity, and academic achievement, particularly as they are realized in public schools, community and technical colleges, and four-year colleges and universities. It is our objective to contribute, through the work of the Center, to educational reform movements that will in turn increase democratic participation, civic engagement, and, ultimately, social justice.
Projects in action now
Pell Grants and the Lifting of Rural America's Future
Impact of Pell Grants at Kansas Community Colleges
"New Report on Charter Schools Issued" Report
(Click for Link)
The primary focus of the Education Policy Center is to study these areas:
- The use of historical , philosophical, economic, and social analyses to inform educational and social policy
- The impact of federal funding as a catalyst for change in schools and society
- The relationship between economic inequality, race, gender, and sexual orientation bias, and school failure
- Pedagogical and curricular reform and innovation
- The relationship between the political economy, schooling, and the prison industrial complex
- Community empowerment and democratic reform efforts
Education Policy Center Staff
Dr. Stephen G. KatsinasDirector, Education Policy Center and Professor, Higher Education Administration
(205) 348- 2470 skatsina@bamaed.ua.edu | Dr. Wayne UrbanAssociate Director, Education Policy Center and Professor, Higher Education
(205) 348-5187 wurban@bamaed.ua.edu |
Dr. Richard L. Rice, Jr.
| Jessica GriffinResearch Fellow and Project Coordinator
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Research Associates
J. Lucas Adair
Matthew DeMonBrun
Rebecca Midkiff
Senior Fellows
Mary Allen Jolley
Vincent Lacey Frank Mensel Pat Moeck | David Murphy
Robert Pedersen James "Skip" Dotherow |
