Apply to a SESP Program
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At Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy (SESP), we’re not a typical education school or policy school; we’re both. SESP students, faculty, and alumni are catalysts of broad and meaningful change for individuals and systems alike – a force for good in the world.
We are skilled thinkers and skilled doers. Our deep, complex, and multifaceted work and research lead to life-changing discoveries with real impact. And our unique environment – our place, next to a Great Lake – provides an essential pedagogical partner. Here, we consider our rights and responsibilities, the individual and the collective, and what it means to engage in civics and our community.
“Social policy isn’t the only thing that makes us unique. It’s also the political scientists, economists, computer scientists, and sociologists. It’s learning scientists, teacher educators, psychologists, and those studying human development.”
As a school of learning, leadership, and policy, we are committed to building communities that nurture individual and collective well-being and affirm justice in the world.
From our students to our faculty, staff, partners, and supporters, community is essential to SESP.