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What is it the Concentration About? Benefits Who Can Apply? Student Requirements Concentration Admissions Key Personnel Application Package Application Deadline For More Information Course Work and Field Requirements

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This concentration is a collaboration between the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI), the Public Policy Doctoral Program, the Leadership in Urban Schools Doctoral Program What is it About? This concentration addresses the changes in special education policy and practice. Students have opportunities to develop skills in design, implementation, management and analysis of programs and systems that support children, youth, and adults with disabilities. The program is designed for educational leaders in school-based management or policy development to integrate current policy and practices across general education, special education and community resources to build partnerships, leverage resources, and promote systems change. Benefits Tuition waivers and stipends of up to $10,000 per year are available through graduate assistantships with varying work commitments Individualized mentorship with leaders in educational and policy fields Graduates with a concentration in Special Education and Disability Policy may assume top-level positions as policy analysts, state and federal agency personnel, special education and school administrators, university faculty, or researchers Who Can Apply? Students accepted into either the Public Policy PhD or Leadership in Urban Schools EdD doctoral programs at UMass Boston are eligible to apply for this program. Student Requirements There is a seven course concentration that is embedded into the required Public Policy or Leadership in Urban Schools doctoral course sequences. Students will be required to attend monthly meetings of concentration students and the faculty management team. There will be two afternoon classes (Foundations of Public Policy I and II) There will be a course overload in the Fall semester of year one (only applicable to LIUS program participants). There will be a Special Seminar in the Summer of year II and Collaborative Leadership in the Summer of year III. Internships require that students incorporate strategies for linkages and collaboration with adult service agencies and special education programs. Internships will be 300 to 500 hours and focus on special education or disability policy issues. Students must pass a comprehensive exam and successfully complete a dissertation. Support stipends will be offered in the form of graduate assistantships can be in the amount of $2,000 - $10,000. Each assistantship will require an investment of work by the student (500 hours for $10,000 and pro-rated for smaller assistantships). Agreement as to what the student will do will be developed in the beginning of each year and incorporated into a written memo of understanding. (depending upon funding) Concentration Admissions include: Interview with concentration Personnel Accepted Admissions to Leadership in Urban Schools or Public Policy Program. Please submit copies of the following: Graduate Admissions Application Form An autobiographical sketch A personal statement about interests and reasons for applying to the Program Three letters of recommendation addressing the applicant's academic preparation Official transcripts of all prior academic work, including evidence of a bachelors degree from an accredited institution Official GRE scores for Public Policy Program Key Personnel Joseph Check, EdD Director, Leadership in Urban Schools William Kiernan, PhD Director, Institute for Community Inclusion Carole Upshur, EdD Director, Public Policy Doctoral Program Jean Whitney-Thomas, PhD Project Coordinator UMass Boston Application Package Please contact: Enrollment Marketing and Information Services University of Massachusetts Boston 100 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125-3393 (617) 287-6000 Specify: Public Policy PhD or Leadership in Urban Schools EdD Application Deadline Public Policy January 15 Leadership in Urban Schools March 15 For More Information Public Policy Barbara Graceffa (617) 287-6937 Leadership in Urban Schools Joseph Check (617) 287-7655 This Project is funded by the US Department of Education, grant No. H325D990073

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