The Department of Leadership, Foundations and Human Resource Education offers bachelor, master's and doctoral degrees for P-12 leaders and educators, postsecondary administration, and workforce training and performance development. The department also has a strong research component in school reform and leadership which have resulted in superintendent institutes, and other partnerships with school districts, and community organizations.

Mission

The department is committed to developing leaders and professional practitioners for metropolitan education, business and government organizations. The department's programs enhance people's skills, knowledge and dispositions in:

• Performance improvement, workforce development and instructional technology applications for business, government and education organizations
• Leadership of organizations and educational institutions from preschool through higher education
• Research and evaluation methods derived from the humanities and behavioral sciences, which are taught through a creative blend and balance of theoretical understandings with practical applications, and appropriate for doctoral program concentrations across all departments