Teachers College HUDF5045 Race, Ethnicity, and U.S. Educational Policy Examination of the impact of race and ethnicity on the formation and implementation of policies such as desegregation, affirmative action, bilingual education, and choice. Teachers College HUDF5046 Education and Politics in Western Thought Study in historical perspective of the interactions between technological innovation and education. Teachers College HUDF5620 Advanced Colloquium in Sociology of Education Social theory in sociological research. Particular attention is devoted to deductive models of explanation and their use in the construction of theory and its application as a basis for empirical inquiry. Critical review of important works in politics and education.
Course includes discussions with invited guests and presentations of work in progress.
Teachers College HUDF6525 Seminar in Sociology of Education Permission required . A seminar for doctoral students to further their professional development and to prepare them for doctoral research. ITSF4050 Economics of Education Teaches the basic economic concepts and methods for further study and analysis of educational finance, education and inequality, education and economic growth, the impact of educational policies on educational outcomes, school reforms, and school choice. Topics include the impact of human capital accumulation on economic growth, the educational attainment of men and women in developing countries, the effects of schooling on labor force participation, wages and fertilities, and the issues of school finance and educational policy in the Third World. Teachers College ITSF4054 Education and Strategic Planning Educational planning within the context of national economic planning.