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In this class we explore how external forces (like politics, financial support, and demographics of the population) shape how schools work, how internal institutional arrangements sort and channel students in different directions, what factors shape student achievement and behavior, and how schooling influences where individuals end up in society. The course is designed around a number of case studies of K-12 schools, as well as post-secondary institutions. These will serve as springboards for our discussions about educational theory, inequalities based on social class, race, gender, and sexuality, and possibilities for school reform.

The professional seminar is designed to acquaint early-stage graduate students in the core professional knowledge and skills central to the discipline of academic empirical psychology. In addition, it is designed to provide familiarity with the research of the faculty in psychology and related...

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In her book, What is Political Sociology?, Elizabeth Clemens differentiates this subfield from the work of political scientists, who she says focus on “the workings and consequence” of “elements of formal government (e.g. the legislative, the executive, the judiciary).” In contrast, political...