New
Department:
Organizational
Leadership, Policy,
and Development
Effective July 1, 2009, a
new department has been created
that integrates the business and
marketing education, human
resource development and adult
education, and comprehensive
WHRE programs from the
Department of
Work and Human Resource
Education (WHRE) into the
department formerly known as
Educational Policy and
Administration (EdPA). The
name of this new department is
Organizational Leadership,
Policy, and Development (OLPD).
It will offer exciting
opportunities for collaboration
and interdisciplinary education
and research. Click
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Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP)
Program coordinators
Deanne L. Magnusson (EPFP alumnus, 1999-2000)
Lecturer and coordinator
Department of Education Policy and Administration
College of Education and Human Development
330 Wulling Hall
86 Pleasant Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-626-9746 (office)
e-mail: magnu002@umn.edu
Deanne Magnusson is a lecturer and associate member of the graduate faculty in
the Department of Education Policy and Administration (EDPA) at the University of
Minnesota. In addition to teaching and advising students, Deanne is the co-coordinator
of the Ed.D. Program for international school leaders and the higher education Ph.D.
program for a cohort of educators from Taiwan. During the academic years 2002-2004,
Deanne served as Dean, Center for American Education, Singapore—a proprietary institution
that offers undergraduate and graduate programs in partnership with American universities
to an international body of students throughout Asia. She currently serves as a
consultant to the Center for American Education. Prior to working and traveling
throughout Asia, Deanne was the director of continuing professional studies for
the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development and a member
of the Dean’s Administrative Council. In addition to higher education, Deanne’s
professional career has included metro area leadership positions in PreK-12 school
and hospital administration. Her current academic interests include international
education, comparative education systems, and education policy and leadership development.
Robert K. Poch
Fellow
Department of Educational Policy and Administration
Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning
University of Minnesota
330 Wulling Hall
86 Pleasant Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-625-5836 (office)
e-mail: pochx001@umn.edu
Bob Poch is a fellow in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration
(EdPA) and also the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning (PsTL). Bob
advises graduate students in the higher education program, teaches a graduate course
on public policy and higher education, serves as acting director of the Postsecondary
Education Research Institute (2006-07), and, participates in curriculum development
in both departments.
Prior to joining EdPA and PsTL, Bob served as assistant dean and director
of student services at the University’s General College (2004-06). He also
served in state government for sixteen years as coordinator and associate commissioner
for higher education in South Carolina (1988-96), and as director of the Minnesota
Higher Education Services Office (1996-2004). In both states, Bob took a lead
role in formulating and implementing public policies that removed barriers to attaining
collegiate education. He is the recipient of the South Carolina Commission on Higher
Education’s Access and Equity Award and the Minnesota Minority Education Partnership’s
Ronald A. McKinley ‘All My Relations’ Award.
Bob’s research interests include higher education public policy formulation and
implementation, academic freedom, and issues related to student access and equity.
A native Virginian, Bob is a graduate of Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia.
Dan Loritz (EPFP 79-80)
Vice president
University Relations
Hamline University
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104
651-523-2336
FAX: 651-523-2272
e-mail: dloritz@hamline.edu
Dan Loritz is the vice president for university relations at Hamline University.
In addition, Dan is an Associate Professor in Hamline University's Graduate School
of Education where he is the lead faculty on how public policy and related policy
analysis work impact education and schools. Prior to his role at Hamline, he spent
15 years in Minnesota state government in a variety of policy roles. He was a policy
analyst, director of government relations and an assistant commissioner of education
in the Minnesota Department of Education. He also served an assistant commissioner
for state policy coordination in the State Planning Agency and served Governor Rudy
Perpich, Minnesota's longest serving Governor, as his director of governmental relations
and deputy chief of staff. Dan was a 1979-80 EPFP fellow in Minnesota.
Revised August 2008
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