Office

N491 Lindquist Center
coe-epls@uiowa.edu
319-335-5302 (phone)
319-384-0587 (fax)

The Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies (EPLS) administers programs designed to prepare education leaders, teachers, professors, and researchers in the fields of higher education, student affairs, educational leadership, culture and society, institutional effectiveness, and school systems.

Programs

EPLS Research Lab

The EPLS Policy Studies Computer Lab is located in N494 Lindquist Center. It was created in the summer of 1996 and contains a multitude of hardware and software resources for both IBM and Macintosh platforms.

Designed to facilitate research and policy analysis by faculty and graduate students, the EPLS Lab also assists professors and teaching assistants with classroom instruction. By enhancing the division's commitment to teaching, research, and service, the EPLS Lab plays an important role in the EPLS division's preparation of future researchers and policymakers.

Faculty Contact
Brian An, brian-an@uiowa.edu

Graduate Lab Contact
Celine Fender, celine-fender@uiowa.edu

Research Links

Software

  • UI Virtual Desktop
    Virtual Desktop offers programs in quantitative and qualitative data analysis for free to students through the internet. Programs include: MATLAB, Minitab, Mplus, R, RStudio, SAS, SPSS and the Microsoft Office Suite.
  • UI ITS Software Download Site
    Free software downloads available to UI students.

Web Page Design

GIS Resources

Qualitative Resources

Quantitative Resources

  • Excel and SAS
  • SPSS Home Page
  • SAS Home Page
  • Statistical Reference Datasets
  • UCLA Institute for Digital Research and Education Stata Resources

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Census Information

N494 Lindquist Center
Phone: (319) 335-5302
Fax: (319) 384-0587
coe-epls@uiowa.edu

Mailing Address: 
EPLS
N491 Lindquist Center 
College of Education 
The University of Iowa 
Iowa City, IA 52242-1529

News

Belin-Blank Center

Andrew Wirtz honored for inclusive approach to gifted education, dissertation research

Friday, November 15, 2024
By Hannah Ossman
Two-time University of Iowa College of Education alumnus Andrew Wirtz was recognized at the Iowa Talented and Gifted Conference for his dissertation that recommends adding arts and music to advanced education programs, for which he received the David Bills Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award.
two individuals at a desk supporting neurodiversity in the workplace

In the news: HESA student pens article on supporting neurodiversity in the workplace

Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Haley Wolf
Haley Wolf, a student in the college’s HESA program, and a behavioral health coordinator at UI Student Wellness, recently wrote an article about the importance of understanding and supporting neurodiversity in the workplace.
University of Iowa student with Hawkeye grad cap

In the news: African immigrant students draw on family and community strengths in quest for college

Tuesday, September 10, 2024
The Conversation
Mavis Gyesi, a PhD candidate in UI's Higher Education and Student Affairs program, recently discussed her research on the educational experiences of African immigrants in U.S. high schools and their transition to college.
Professor Nicholas Bowman stands by a table surrounded by standing students.

Bowman named new editor-in-chief of premier journal, Educational Researcher

Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Two College of Education faculty members – Nicholas Bowman and Brian An – have been named as the new editor-in-chief and co-editor, respectively, for the Educational Researcher, the American Educational Researcher Association’s premier journal.

People

Kenneth Brown

Departmental Executive Officer
N491 Lindquist Center
kenneth-g-brown@uiowa.edu

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