| 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. |
| Oasis Title: | ECON OF EDUCATION |
| Duplicate Credit: | 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) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students are expected to attend class, complete the assigned
readings and discuss the readings articulately in class. Students
should also learn how to evaluate educational reforms and
policies. The capstone of the course will be a large-scale group
research project that contains both written and oral components. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Introduction
2. What Does Schooling Actually Do?
3. Primary and Secondary Policy Making
4. Racial Differences in Education
5. Higher Education |