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The purpose of Introduction to Program Evaluation ( EDUC 278) is to provide an introduction to the field of program evaluation. Students taking this course will learn basic concepts and participate in intellectual debates in the field. This course is intended to examine issues and challenges faced by evaluators of educational and social programs. We will be working with real evaluation tasks throughout the course. The class will meet once a week for 2hrs 50 min. It is critical that you commit to reading all the material before class, so that the discussion is well-focused. During the last weeks of the course, an evaluation proposal of a real-world program will be developed. The proposal will become the final paper.

In this workshop style course, you will learn principles for effective writing in graduate education and beyond. Beginning with consideration of the inherited and cultivated traditions informing your writing practices, you will examine the processes that best support your development as a writer; apply key rhetorical principles to your own writing and analyze those principles at work in other people's prose; practice writing about texts for a variety of purposes; and use feedback to revise your writing for both disciplinary-specific and public audiences. Master's students who are drafting a thesis and doctoral students who are working on qualifying papers or dissertations are especially encouraged to enroll.

Social science researchers often deal with complex data and research questions that traditional statistics models like linear regression cannot adequately address. This course offers the opportunity to understand and apply two widely used types of advanced regression analysis that allow the examination of 1) multilevel data structures (multilevel models) and 2) multivariate research questions (structural equation models).

(Same as LAW 660A). The Youth and Education Law Project offers students the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of educational rights and reform work, including direct representation of youth and families in special education and school discipline matters, community outreach and education, school reform litigation, and/or policy research and advocacy. All students have an opportunity to represent elementary and high school students with disabilities in special education proceedings, to represent students in school discipline proceedings, or to work with community groups in advocating for the provision of better and more equitable educational opportunities to their children. In addition, the clinic may pursue a specific policy research and advocacy project that will result in a written policy brief and policy proposal. Students working on special education matters have the opportunity to handle all aspects of their clients' cases. Students working in this area interview and counsel clients, investigate and develop facts, work with medical and mental health professionals and experts, conduct legal and educational research, create case plans, and represent clients at individual education program (IEP) team meetings, mediation or special education due process hearings. This work offers students a chance to study the relationship between individual special education advocacy and system-wide reform efforts such as impact litigation. Students working on school discipline matters interview and counsel clients, investigate and develop facts, interview witnesses, conduct legal and educational research, create case plan, and represent clients at school discipline hearings such as expulsion hearings. Such hearings provide the opportunity to present oral and written argument, examine witnesses, and present evidence before a hearing officer. If appropriate and necessary, such proceedings also present the opportunity to represent students on appeal before the school district board of trustees or the county board of education. The education clinic includes two or three mandatory training sessions to be held at the beginning of the term, a weekly seminar that focuses on legal skills and issues in law and education policy, regular case review, and a one hour weekly meeting with the clinic instructor. Admission is by consent of instructor. Beginning with the 2009-2010 academic year, each of the Law School's clinical courses is being offered on a full-time basis for 12 credits.

(Same as LAW 660B). The Youth and Education Law Project offers students the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of educational rights and reform work, including direct representation of youth and families in special education and school discipline matters, community outreach and education, school reform litigation, and/or policy research and advocacy. All students have an opportunity to represent elementary and high school students with disabilities in special education proceedings, to represent students in school discipline proceedings, or to work with community groups in advocating for the provision of better and more equitable educational opportunities to their children. In addition, the clinic may pursue a specific policy research and advocacy project that will result in a written policy brief and policy proposal. Students working on special education matters have the opportunity to handle all aspects of their clients' cases. Students working in this area interview and counsel clients, investigate and develop facts, work with medical and mental health professionals and experts, conduct legal and educational research, create case plans, and represent clients at individual education program (IEP) team meetings, mediation, or special education due process hearings. This work offers students a chance to study the relationship between individual special education advocacy and system-wide reform efforts such as impact litigation. Students working on school discipline matters interview and counsel clients, investigate and develop facts, interview witnesses, conduct legal and educational research, create case plan, and represent clients at school discipline hearings such as expulsion hearings. Such hearings provide the opportunity to present oral and written argument, examine witnesses, and present evidence before a hearing officer. If appropriate and necessary, such proceedings also present the opportunity to represent students on appeal before the school district board of trustees of the county board of education. The education clinic includes two or three mandatory training sessions to be held at the beginning of the term, a weekly seminar that focuses on legal skills and issues in law and education policy, regular case review, and a one hour weekly meeting with the clinic instructor. Admission is by consent of instructor. Beginning with the 2009-2010 academic year, each of the Law School's clinical courses is being offered on a full-time basis for 12 credits.

For doctoral students. How to develop a researchable question and research design, identify data sources, construct conceptual frameworks, and interpret empirical results. Presentation by student participants and scholars in the field. May be repeated for credit.

(Same as GSBGEN 348) Topics: the worth of college and graduate degrees, and the utilization of highly educated graduates; faculty labor markets, careers, and workload; costs and pricing; discounting, merit aid, and access to higher education; sponsored research; academic medical centers; and technology and productivity. Emphasis is on theoretical frameworks, policy matters, and the concept of higher education as a public good. Stratification by gender, race, and social class.

We examine unprecedented scrutiny and critiques of US colleges and universities. How have expectations changed? How have campus leaders and faculty responded? Who is served, what is taught, what research is prioritized, and what public impact is envisioned-contributing to democracy via access, education for citizenship and employment, producing reliable knowledge, serving as a community partner. Sources are readings, group work, and speakers. The seminar is designed for graduate students across the university. Undergraduates and postdocs need the instructor's permission.

American higher education has had to continually struggle with issues of difference, particularly racial and ethnic cultural difference, throughout its history. While the civil rights and student protest era of the 1960s are easily recognized as moments of cultural struggle, they evolve and take new forms, extending and re-framing ideological and material conflict in the academy. These include battles over: the content of the curriculum; access to college and admissions; and the domains of legitimate knowledge. In this course, we will critically examine and discuss the research and discourse concerning issues of diversity and equity in the current era. We will examine the political, cultural, and social contours of these issues and as well as the efficacy of campus responses to them such as race-conscious admissions policies, identity-based offices, ethnic studies programs, and other DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives.