Education Leadership, Foundations & Policy
What We Do
We provide education and training programs that represent a group of specialty areas that contribute to the underpinnings of quality educational practice at all levels, including research, human development, foundations of education, leadership, higher education, and policy.
EDLF serves educators both on-grounds and off-grounds through a variety of offerings. Explore our academic programs, research center affiliations and new featuring our faculty.
EDLF stands with President Ryan | May 1, 2025
The Department of Educational Leadership, Foundations and Policy stands with UVA President James Ryan and over two hundred other college and university presidents in opposing unprecedented government overreach and political interference in American higher education. As members of a public university and in service of democracy and the public good, we express our bedrock commitment (1) to academic and intellectual freedom, (2) to free and open inquiry, (3) to our core missions of teaching and research in pursuit of truth, (4) to the autonomy of colleges and universities to conduct their affairs free of undue government intrusion and the coercive use of public funding, and (5) to constructive engagement that will improve our institutions and serve our republic.
Academic Programs
View our top-ranked program offerings to find a degree with boundless future impact.
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Department News

UVA School of Education and Human Development Launches Enhanced M.Ed. in Administration & Supervision Program
With reduced credit hours and multiple pathways to a degree, the updated program offers more flexibility for aspiring PK-12 school leaders.
Contact Us
Office Location
- Bavaro Hall 222
Mailing Address
417 Emmett Street S
Charlottesville, VA 22903