Focuses on problem solving approaches. This course is an introduction to theories of the public policy making process with an applied focus on education policy. Students utilize the frameworks and methods to reveiw and analyze current issues in educational policy. Students also examine the complex interactions between the student and higher education institutions. Students examine the history of higher education, particularly in the United States.
Students examine the aims and institutional forms of higher education.
The nature of academic pursuit in terms of the development of disciplines and fields of study and the development o fthe professorate are examined. Students examine organizational theory in relation to the higher education institution, its policies, and its decision-making processes. With the consent of his or her Doctoral Advisory Committee, the student selects at least three additional courses with the EPHE prefix. Students study images found in popular films. Images of education presented in films are analyzed from a variety of perspectives for their representations of such phenomena as school work, knowing, knowledge, and education.