ECPIHE Related Programs

Boston College: Certificate in Early Childhood Policy Leadership through The Institute of Early Childhood Policy

The Institute of Early Childhood Policy at Boston College is a cross-disciplinary effort between the Lynch School of Education and Human Development and the School of Social Work. Led by Professor Rebekah Levine Coley and faculty in the two schools, the IECP expands interdisciplinary research, training, and collaborative partnerships in the field of early childhood policy. The IECP offers a Certificate in Early Childhood Policy Leadership.

Columbia University: Masters in Education Policy

The 33-credit M.A. degree aims to build a cadre of education policy experts whose deep grounding in a range of educational policy issues is matched by their understanding of the policy process and the tools of policy analysis. The degree is focused on the preparation of policy analysts, policy advocates, and education researchers. The program develops students’ knowledge and skills by drawing on interdisciplinary policy studies, the social science disciplines of economics, law, politics, and sociology, and substantive content on policies and practice in early childhood education, K-12 education, higher education, law and education, and data analysis, and research methods.

GPIDEA Alliance:  Great Plains IDEA Certificate Programs

The Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance (Great Plains IDEA) is a consortium of renowned public universities from across the United States, offering online, flexible, and affordable degree and certificate programs across a range of subjects in human services and agriculture. Great Plains IDEA provides educational freedom, creating rewarding pathways for lifelong learning, career advancement, and community growth in an ever-changing society.

University of California Berkeley: UC Berkeley's Transdisciplinary Early Learning Science & Child Policy Program

Berkeley is launching a new graduate program in Transdisciplinary Early Learning Science & Child Policy. It brings developmental science to public policy, building on the relevance and impact of community-engaged research, that comprises innovative academic training at Berkeley. We leverage Berkeley’s expertise in Public Policy, Psychology, Public Health, Education, Social Welfare, and Journalism—integrated through the Institute of Human Development (IHD)—to deepen graduate training for students. They will work in interdisciplinary teams, using an actionable science approach, on real-world child-policy cases and complete early childhood policy internships. The graduate Certificate in Early Child Policy launches in the Fall of 2022; the 4+1 Master’s program will follow in 2023.

University of Colorado Denver: School of Education and Human Development

The School of Education & Human Development (SEHD) offers a PhD in Early Childhood Policy, bridging developmental science, child and family studies, and early childhood policy and systems research. The program prepares candidates to be leaders, policymakers, policy advisors and analysts, faculty members, and researchers who successfully shape, direct, implement, and evaluate early childhood services, infrastructure, and policy and contribute to the scholarly knowledge that undergirds the discipline. Students gain applied research and policy experiences through faculty-led projects. In the future, as SEHD nurtures an Early Childhood Policy Research Institute (ECPRI), a master’s degree in early childhood policy and leadership, as well as a self-contained certificate in early childhood policy, will also be developed.

University of Florida: Early Childhood Policy Centers Collaborative

The University of Florida’s Early Childhood Policy Centers Collaborative (ECP-CC) is a hub for training the next generation of leaders in early childhood policy, producing actionable early childhood research, furthering the development of early childhood policy as a field, and, ultimately, improving the lives of children and families.

Emerging leaders and early childhood practitioners can advance their studies and credentials through the Collaborative’s newly launched graduate certificate in early childhood policy and a forthcoming master’s in early childhood policy. Researchers and policymakers can find insights to improve policy and practice through the Collaborative’s ongoing research and policy analysis. And, those interested in the field, can engage in the Collaborative’s ongoing campus and public events.

The Early Childhood Policy Centers Collaborative leverages existing expertise while creating new synergies between UF centers and academic departments engaged in early childhood policy research and practice. With faculty from the Education Policy Research Center, Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, and the Law School’s Center on Children and Families, the Early Childhood Policy Centers Collaborative houses national leaders in the policy conversation around young children.

University of Washington: Center for Early Childhood Policy and Equity

The Center for Early Childhood Policy and Equity (CECPE) at the University of Washington aims to cultivate future generations of early childhood policy leaders positioned to engage in equity-oriented, evidence-based policymaking that promotes intersectional justice in early childhood. We are currently developing a degree option in early childhood policy and leadership.