SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF EDUCATIONAL EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION 

 

Course Title: 
 


Professor: 
 
 


Policy Analysis - ELMP 7765 - currently not teaching this course - information represents past history and is not current - see Dr. Hu and or Achilles who are teaching the course.
 

 

Daniel Gutmore, Ph.D.
Department of Administration and Supervision 
Office: (973) 275-2853 
Email: gutmorda@shu.edu 
 

Office Hours: 

Monday,Tuesday & Thursday 1:00 - 4:00p.m. or by appointment. 
Textbook: 

REQUIRED :

Anyon, Jean (1997). Ghetto Schooling. New York: Teachers College.

Finkelstein, Frances, Jewett and Scholz (2000). Dollars, Distance and Online Education. Phoenix: The Oryx Press.

Fowler, Frances (2000). Policy Studies for Educational Leaders. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.


SUGGESTED:

Ravitch, Diane, ed. ( 1998 ) Brookings Papers on Education Policy. Washington,DC: Brookings Institute.

Weimer, David L. and Vining, Aidan R. (1992)Policy Analysis. Englewood Cliffs : Prentice Hall.
 

Catalog Description: 

An examination of the interaction between political/economic theory and the educational policy making arena. Focus on the process of policy analysis and formulation with antecedent attention to political and economic theory. Various decision making models studied as a means of offering alternative explanations to local, state and federal policy decisions. 3 credits

 

Overview: 

Emphasis will be placed on the process of educational policy analysis, decision making and implementation. Analysis of alternative explanations of the process of decision making at the local, state and federal levels will be an essential element of course design.Political and economic theory; and other core areas incorporated into a multi-disciplinary approach to policy analysis will constitute the supplementary disciplines.
Course Objectives: 

1. Students will be able to use the techniques of policy analysis when presented with samples of policy cases and situations.

2. Students will demonstrate proficiency in decision making analysis , problem solving and various other policy analysis skills and techniques.

Course Evaluation: 

Percentage of Grade

  • Short written assignments

18 points

  • Class preparation

7 points%

  • Short evaluative exercise

10 points

  •    Second evaluative exercise
                               15 points
  •     Mid Term

 

  •     Final examination
                               25 points

 

                                25 points

Additional Recommended Readings and Web sites: 

http://olam.ed.asu.edu/epaa/    (policy research page)

http://hednet.polyu.edu.hk/       ( journals and educational research)

http://www.sreb.org/Main/EducationPolicy/ChangingStates/edpol_chng.html   (higher ed policy)

http://www.ncpa.org/pi/edu/edu1.html    ( National Center for Policy Analysis )

http://www.indiana.edu/~workshop/    ( workshop in policy analysis)

http://www.ed.gov/    ( research site)

http://www.upenn.edu/gse/cpre/frames/pubs.html   ( the policy analysis site )

http://www.ed.gov/stats.html  ( research site )

http://www.northernlight.com/  ( a really neat research site )

http://www.census.gov/  ( the US Census )

 

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis - one of the premiere journals dealing with educational policy. Read any journal to develop a sense of how research, statistics and analysis combine in the dynamics of policy analysis.

 

Educational Policy - a more readable journal in the field of policy analysis. Combines both literature reviews, general discussion of prominent issues as well as more traditional research.