The Department includes faculty with interests in education beyond the United States, and we have formed ties with institutions and scholars in other countries. In a recent survey, Educational Policy Studies at U.W.-Madison is ranked among the very top departments of its kind in the nation. Graduates of the Department pursue a variety of academic, governmental, and private sector careers. Our graduate students are diverse. They come with a wide range of backgrounds in education and in the liberal arts, and vary in age, ethnicity, and social background, as well as prior practical and educational experience.
Students thus provide a resource for one another's scholarly development.
They consequently attract students who approach material with a broad range of intellectual perspectives and complementary knowledge. Beyond the Department, other faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison study educational policy. They may be found, for example, in the Department of Educational Administration, in the LaFollette Institute of Public Policy, and in the Wisconsin Center For Education Research. Over the years, WCER projects have provided valuable research and employment opportunities to EPS students. Despite the variety structured into our program, the multidisciplinary backgrounds of our faculty, and the diversity of our students, the small size of the department often leads to closer ties between students and faculty than are possible in most larger departments.