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The MA Policy Analysis and Evaluation program is a three-quarter
course of study (45 units). Students are required to take both policy
and evaluation courses, however, they can focus their efforts on
policy or evaluation concerns.
Policy Focus
The policy focus is designed to prepare individuals to formulate
educational policy or conduct policy-relevant research. Graduates
assume positions in local, state, regional, national, or
international agencies and organizations (such as foundations and
research laboratories). Students may specialize in politics,
economics, organizational sociology, or long-range planning for
complex educational systems.
A seminar that runs through the three academic quarters is designed
to facilitate discussion about various policy issues, including the
significance of vouchers, privatization, charter schools, and school
finance. It also introduces students to Internet skills and issues
associated with educational technology, including virtual
classrooms.
Graduates will be eligible for entry- and mid-level employment in
federal, state, and local government agencies, research corporations,
school districts, foundations, universities, nonprofit social welfare
agencies, industry, corporations, and hospitals.
Course Requirements
Policy Analysis and Evaluation students are required to take 16 units of research design/methods practicum, and program seminar courses, e.g. qualitative and quantitative methods courses and policy and evaluation seminars. In addition, they are required to take 8-12 units of policy courses and 8 units of evaluation courses. (Typically students with a policy focus will take fewer evaluation courses and more policy courses.) The remaining 4-8 units are optional. These units can be devoted to additional policy or evaluation courses. They may also be used to take organizational or higher education courses. The practicum is a required part of the program in which students conduct an evaluation during the year.
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Requirements
21 research & seminar 8-12 policy 8 evaluation 4-8 optional (recommended: organizations, policy , evaluation, or higher education 1 workshop SPSS 1 workshop NUDIST
45 units |
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21 research & seminar |
8-12 policy |
8 evaluation |
4-8 optional |
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Research |
Policy Courses |
Evaluation Courses |
Policy Courses Evaluation Courses Organization Courses |
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151x Qualitative methods (4) 150x Quantitative (4) methods 235 seminar - fall winter spring (3) 470 Practicum (4) 460 seminar - fall, winter, spring (3)
Also Applicable 181b/28 Soc Stats |
Highly recommended 323a Fed & State Policy:Intro Policy Analysis (3) 220A Econ of Ed (4) 220B Intro Politics of Education (4) 201 History of Ed (3) 220D Hist School Reform
Recommended 221a Issues in Policy Analysis (4-5) 324 Emerging Bus Opportunities (2-4) 220C Ed & Society (4) 222 Resource Allocation (4) (when offered) 253x The Principalship (4) 279 Urban Youth (3) 335x Language, Planning & Policy (3) 388a Bilingual Ed (3) 236x Educ Tech Policy (3) 425x Ad Sem Fed Educ Policy (3) 232A Teaching: Quest for Practice, Research and Policy (4) 232B Intro to Curriculum (4)
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278 Issues in Evaluation (3) 230 Ethnographic & Empowerment Eval (5) 232C Eval of Curriculum & Teaching 359a Assessment & Learning in Science Ed (2-3) 360x Action Research (when offered) 353a Prob in Measurement (3) (when offered) 252 Intro Test Theory (3-4) (when offered) |
Organization Courses 375 A Sem on Organiz Theory (5) 377x Public, Private, Nonprofit (4) (when offered) 378 Topics in Org Theory (2-5) (when offered) Higher Education 381x Multicultural issues (4) 385 Amer College Student (4) (when offered) 346 Res Sem Higher Education (4) 382x Stud Devel and College Impact (4) 384 Adv Topics in Higher Education (4) (when offered) 386x Leadership and Admin in HE (4) 418 Found of Field Research in HE (3-5) (when offered)
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The School of Education has assembled one of the most impressive
groups of scholars and researchers in the world. Faculty members
contribute to knowledge and practice. They publish in a variety of
domains, ranging from encyclopedias and scholarly books to newspapers
and magazines. A measure of their stature in their respective fields
is the number of faculty members who have been elected presidents of
professional organizations and received some of the highest honors
bestowed by those organizations. Faculty are routinely asked to
provide information and insights about policy issues in the United
States and throughout the world.
A brief biographical text accompanies each faculty member's name.
Point to the underlined name with your cursor and click on it to read
about each faculty member.
Richard
Shavelson
Denis
Phillips
Core faculty include: 
Larry
Cuban,
Michael
Kirst,
Linda
Darling-Hammond,
Henry
Levin (now at TC),
Milbrey
McLaughlin,
Myra
Strober
Additional APA Core Faculty include Edwin
Bridges,Patricia Gumport,Marshall
Smith, and David Tyack.
Students participate in a year-long seminar in policy analysis.
Guest speakers have included: Linda
Darling-Hammond, Michael Kirst, Terry
Moe, Jennifer O'Day, and Ramon Cortines. Linda is currently a
member of our faculty.
Other required courses include: Economics of Education, Politics of
Education, Policy Analysis, History of School Reform, Resource
Allocation, Organizational Sociology, and Statistics.
Recent graduates are working in the following agencies and organizations:
Our graduation ceremony is filled with pomp and circumstance,
complete with the adornment of scholarly robes.
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photographs of graduation.
Currently not accepting applications for 2003 and 2004:
For questions please contact:
School of Education home page: http://ed.stanford.edu/suse/index.html
Admissions home page: http://ed.stanford.edu/suse/admissions/index.htmlPlease mail all other application materials to:
Admissions
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Stanford University
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You may apply on-line for other programs after August 1, 2002 at https://apply.embark.com/grad/stanford
Application materials may also be requested after August 31, 2002 via: http://inquiry.embark.com/stanford/grad
or call (650) 723-4291.
Admissions and Financial Aid AdvisorChanita Stevenson (Cubberley room 140)
(650)-725-7652, chanita@stanford.edu,
Master's Program CoordinatorAmy Duncan (Cubberley Rm. 142)
(650)-723-8618
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