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MASTER'S INTL EDUCATION POLICY HARVARD GRAD SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

The International Education Policy program is an intensive one-year

program that prepares students for leadership positions advancing

educational innovation and reform globally. Students hail from a

variety of geographic, educational, and work backgrounds, yet all are

individuals interested in educational policy leadership, innovation,

reform, and entrepreneurship in developing countries, in the U.S., and

other OECD countries.

Our curriculum emphasizes the comparative study of educational systems

as well as the analytic skills to identify the core causes of

education challenges, to generate opportunities to address these

challenges, and to evaluate their impact. The core curriculum

includes courses focusing on comparative and international education,

policy analysis, and evaluation. During the program, students develop

leadership and management skills to implement and supervise

educational improvement projects and programs. In addition, numerous

co-curricular activities engage the students in frequent dialogue with

leading global education practitioners.

IEP graduates are firmly grounded in an understanding of the

relationship between education policy and programs and instructional

improvement in the classroom in a variety of educational institutions.

They also have extensive comparative knowledge of reforms and

improvement programs and have the ability to work in a variety of

institutional and geographic settings.

In addition to teaching, our faculty are deeply involved with issues

of practice. Students get to work with and learn from leading faculty

who investigate the role of education policy in advancing educational

opportunity. In addition to the core faculty at the Harvard Graduate

School of Education, students in the program work with visiting

faculty and with visiting scholars in the numerous international and

area studies centers at Harvard University.

Through cross-program and cross-school interactions, the IEP program

offers students the advantages of the Harvard-wide community, which

provides myriad opportunities to engage with and learn from scholars

with diverse backgrounds, interests, and disciplinary understandings.

Harvard is on a mission to become a truly global university in the

21st century. Numerous initiatives, projects, and a constant stream of

students and visitors from all parts of the world reflect the

determined pursuit of that mission. This creates a rich and

stimulating environment where those of you interested in global

educational leadership will thrive.

We encourage you to learn more about our program by visiting our website:

www.gse.harvard.edu/academics/masters/iep/index.html

You may also contact the program directly:

Email: iep@gse.harvard.edu

Phone: + 1 617.495.4845

Program Director, Dr. Fernando Reimers

Program Coordinator, Ms. Lola Irele

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