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Course ID:	ECON 4250H. 3 hours.
Course Title:	Economics of Education (Honors)
Course Description:	An analysis of how education is organized and delivered, and the efficacy of reforms such as increasing teacher salaries, decreasing student-teacher ratios, requiring teacher certification, high-stakes testing, charter schools, vouchers, and EMO's. In higher education, we study affirmative action, racial preferences in admissions, and the recent shift from need-based to merit based aid.
Athena Title:	ECON OF EDUCATION
Equivalent Courses:	Not open to students with credit in ECON 4250
Prerequisite:	ECON 4010 and permission of Honors
Semester Course Offered:	Offered every year.
Grading System:	A-F (Traditional)

Syllabus: No Syllabus Available