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Tyll van Geel joined the University faculty in 1972 and later was named the Earl B. Taylor Professor and chair of Educational Leadership. He was named an Emeritus Professor in 2007. His research includes legal and applied ethical issues in education.
Van Geel is the co-author of Educational Law: An Introduction
for Administrators and Policy Makers (Lawrence Erlbaum,
2nd ed., 2000), a popular textbook used in the preparation
of education leaders and a very accessible resource for the
modern educational administrator. He also authored Understanding
Supreme Court Opinions (Longmans, 3rd ed., 2000) and numerous
articles and chapters in publications for the academic and
legal communities, as well as for professional educators.
He is currently working on a book on democracy and education.
Van Geel is leading a project, funded by the Dewitt-Wallace
Reader’s Digest Foundation, to strengthen decision-making
as a critical component of educational leadership training.
He is a former Guggenheim Fellow, Spencer Fellow, and Fulbright-Hays
Fellow. He is also an attorney.
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