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Educational leadership department to be reconfigured

By Michael Childs
mchilds@coe.uga.edu

The College of Education will reorganize its department of educational leadership. Dean Louis Castenell Jr. has announced a

Louis Castenell

temporary moratorium on admissions to the non-degree and degree programs in the department while the reorganization takes place. The move will not affect the program of studies for those currently enrolled.
In 1997, a university program review committee recommended non-continuance of the department of educational leadership. A number of attempts were made to solve the serious personnel and quality problems noted in that review and in subsequent assessments. Since becoming dean in 1999, Castenell has met with faculty in educational leadership on numerous occasions, conducted a formal review of the program and commissioned a re-invention committee to enable faculty to correct this situation.
Rising student-faculty ratios brought on by a number of recent faculty retirements in the department contributed to the decision to reorganize at this time, according to Castenell.
“With almost 600 admitted graduate students and only 11 tenure-track faculty, current enrollment simply exceeds the resources available to adequately serve students, thus placing accreditation of the program in question,” he says. “Our goal is to maintain the program’s national prestige while dealing with enrollment demands. This move demonstrates the College of Education’s commitment to providing high-quality programs for school leaders in Georgia. When we re-open admissions, it will be to a stronger, well-staffed program.”

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