Welcome!
Over 300 of our students are engaged in graduate leadership preparation and scholarly research, guided by an outstanding group of dedicated full-time, part-time, and adjunct faculty members and staff. We welcome your inquiries and feedback. You will notice as you visit our site that many changes are occurring in the department. Please read carefully and return often for up-to-date information.
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT -
Open Rank Professor in
Higher Education
Extended and Revised Search
The Online Educational Leadership & Policy Program is now Accepting Applications
EOL Faculty Presentations at 2008 AERA Annual Meeting
The application deadline for the Summer '08 Oak Brook-based Master's in Educational Administration has been extended. Applications will continue to be accepted until the cohort is filled.
RESEARCH FAILS TO SUPPORT CURRENT RAPID GROWTH OF CHARTER SCHOOLS 
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Christopher Lubienski, left,
and graduate student Peter Weitzel
Photo by L. Brian Stauffer
Congratulations!!
The following EOL students have been selected by the College of Education's Graduate Awards Committee to receive the following scholarship / award for the 2007-2008 academic year.
Julia Makela - William Chandler Bagley Doctoral Scholarship
Collin Ruud - Letitia Walsh Fellowship & William Chandler Bagley Doctoral Scholarship
Peter Weitzel - William Chandler Bagley Masters Scholarship
Marybeth Ahillen - Frederick A. Rodgers Award
Jessica Barrientos - Wanda Taeschner Babcock Fellowship
Natasha Jankowski - University Block Grant
Ghassan Ibrahim - Thomas C. McGreal Award
The following EOL students have also received awards :
Eunyoung Kim - 2007-08 Rosenshine Award
Eunyoung has also received a 2007-08 ASHE/Lumina Dissertation Fellow award, and a
Paul P. Fidler Research Grant by the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition and the University of South Carolina.
Deneca Winfrey has been named a UCEA Barbara L. Jackson Scholar for 2007-08.
Jervais McGlone has been selected to participate in the Twenty-Eighth Annual Graduate Student Policy Seminar, to be held immediately prior to the ASHE Annual Meeting in Louisville, KY Nov. 8-10, 2007.
Announcements
- Are you an off-campus student who's looking for some guidance with your writing? The Writing Workshop is available to help. Find more information at www.continuinged.uiuc.edu/oce-sites/outreach/writers_workshop_spring2008.cfm
A Type 75 General Administrative Endorsement program will begin Spring 2008 in Chicago
.- Important! Effective Fall 2006. Continuous enrollment is required for all EOL incoming and/or returning students. (Doctoral only!)
- Important! The University e-mail is a vital means of communication between students and professors. Learn about the E-mail Redirection Service provided by CITES.
- Resources for Students at Oak Brook
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Graduate Student Petition Online (new form)
- Old course work (older than 120026 for Master’s and 120006 for PhD) will need to be petitioned for approval. Remember to ask for time extensions if needed.
- Notice change in form and process for Application for Degree .
Department Events
- ...entire calendar
- Qualifying exams Higher Ed 2008: March 7 - General field; March 14 - Special field.
- Higher Education Collaborative Seminar Series
- O'Leary Symposium
- O'Leary Chair
- EAAA Allerton Conference
- Educational Leadership Seminar Series
...College of Education Calendar
Awards & Accolades
- An Incomplete list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students - Fall 2006. (04.18.07)
- Elisabeth Barnett, a Ph.D. graduate of Higher Ed, received the Dissertation of the Year award given by the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC). Dissertation title: "Validation Experiences and Persistence among Urban Community College Students"
- Jennifer Bloom, Adjunct Associate Professor of EOL, has been elected the next President of National Academic Advising Association (NACADA).