Education

Advisors: Eric Hanushek, Susanna Loeb, Martin Carnoy, Milbrey McLaughlin 

The Education concentration will provide the student with an overview of the history and current status of major public policy issues in education. Students are encouraged to take courses in the methods of public policy analysis that are distinctive to education policies. Courses are available for students to specialize in such areas as evaluation methods, effective schools research, and education in developing areas.

Students may also want to review courses listed in the graduate Education Policy Concentration.

Courses in the Education Concentration include:

CSRE 203A. The Changing Face of America: Civil Rights and Education Strategies for the 21st Century

EDUC 103C. Educational Policy, Diversity, and English Learners
EDUC 106. Interactive Media in Education
EDUC 110. Sociology of Education: The Social Organization of Schools
EDUC 117. Research and Policy on Postsecondary Access
EDUC 136. World, Societal, and Educational Change: Comparative Perspectives
EDUC 137X. Social Justice in Education
EDUC 165. History of Higher Education in the U.S.
EDUC 179. Urban Youth and Their Institutions: Research and Practice
EDUC 179B. Youth Empowerment and Civic Engagement
EDUC 197. Education, Gender and Development
EDUC 200A. Introduction to Data Analysis and Interpretation
EDUC 200B. Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
EDUC 201. History of Education in the United States
EDUC 202. Introduction to Comparative and International Education
EDUC 204. Introduction to Philosophy of Education
EDUC 212X. Urban Education
EDUC 220A. Introduction to the Economics of Education
EDUC 220B. Introduction to the Politics of Education
EDUC 220C. Education and Society
EDUC 221A. Policy Analysis in Education
EDUC 222. Resource Allocation in Education
EDUC 223. Good Districts and Good Schools: Research, Policy, and Practice
EDUC 226X. Empirical Analysis of Education Governance
EDUC 247. Moral Education
EDUC 252. Introduction to Test Theory
EDUC 266X. Workshop in Practical Quantitative Research on Educational Policy and Inequality
EDUC 279B. Youth Empowerment and Civic Engagement
EDUC 288. Organization Studies: Theories and Analyses
EDUC 290. Leadership: Research, Policy, and Practice
EDUC 306A. Education and Economic Development
EDUC 306B. Politics, Policy Making, and Schooling Around the World
EDUC 306D. World, Societal, and Educational Change: Comparative Perspective
EDUC 316. Social Network Analysis
EDUC 323A. Introduction to Education Policy Analysis
EDUC 324. Business Opportunities in Education
EDUC 330X. Economic Approaches to Education Policy Analysis
EDUC 341X. Urban School System Reform
EDUC 347. Economics of Higher Education
EDUC 375B. Seminar on Organizations: Institutional Analysis
EDUC 376. State Theory and Educational Policy
EDUC 377. Comparing Institutional Forms
EDUC 381. Multicultural Issues in Higher Education

SOC 132. Sociology of Education: The Social Organization of Schools
SOC 134. Education, Gender, and Development
SOC 140. Introduction to Social Stratification

URBANST 131. Social Innovation and the Social Entrepreneur
URBANST 132. Concepts and Analytic Skills for the Social Sector