Michal Kurlaender

Michal Kurlaender is the Chancellor's Leadership Professor of Education Policy at the School of Education, University of California, Davis. Kurlaender investigates critical areas of education policy including, school reform and accountability, career and technical education, college admissions, access to and success in college, college quality, and labor market returns to education. Professor Kurlaender works closely with all of California's public K-12 and higher education sectors. In 2016 she launched an IES-funded partnership with the California Department of Education to explore college and career readiness and students' transition to post-secondary schooling and work. Kurlaender serves as a faculty director of Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) and Wheelhouse: The Center for Community College Leadership and Research. Kurlaender is a California Gubernatorial Appointee to the Education Commission of the States and a member the National Academy of Education. She received her doctorate in education from Harvard University in 2005. Her work has been published in various academic and policy outlets.