Thank you for visiting our website.
We are delighted that you took some time to take a look at us today. We sincerely hope that you have enough time to carefully explore the rich array of information and resources provided here. Moreover, we hope you see yourself gravitating toward a path of pursuing your graduate and professional education goals through one of our outstanding programs: Adult Learning and Leadership, Education Leadership, Higher and Postsecondary Education, Executive Nurse preparation, and Social-Organizational Psychology.
You may find yourself curious about why or how an institution called Teachers College comes to have a Department of Organization & Leadership. Well, the truth is that Teachers College has a “diversity of disciplines” represented here and a rich history as well. Teachers College is also a learning organization and that means it is a community open to learning how to expand and improve on that history to create more inclusive organizations that strive to be more equitable. We would love for you to consider becoming a part of that exciting future where Organization & Leadership continues to lead at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Historically, the Department of Organization & Leadership promoted a vision that sought to realize broader opportunities for faculty and students with different disciplinary orientations to collectively focus on organizations as learning institutions, broadly defined, in both formal and informal settings, and across the lifespan. We have built mightily on that vision to recruit and prepare excellent students from diverse backgrounds. Indeed, today, while the department now encompasses 30 full-time faculty and nearly 100 adjunct faculty who bring a depth of professional practice experience to our programs, our programs still reflect, in various ways and with varying emphases, that founding focus.
Our MA, EdM, EdD, PhD degree programs are unique.
On behalf of our focused faculty, excellent students, and attentive staff, thank you for visiting our website - we sincerely hope that in exploring all we have to offer that you will seriously consider studying with us here at Teachers College, Columbia University within the Department of Organization & Leadership.
With best wishes,
Professor of Psychology and Education
Department Chair
Professor of Education Leadership
Vice Chair