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WEALTH, POVERTY AND INEQUALITY: TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLICY AND PRACTICE IN EDUCATION

EDPOL 237
Course Description

Examines poverty, inequality, and education from a theoretical, historical, and practical perspective through an introduction to historical and contemporary debates on wealth, poverty, and inequality. Interrogates these debates in relation to policies, practice, and institutions of education.

Prerequisties

None

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Not Applicable

Grade Point Average
3.57

-2.73% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

5.73% from Historical

A Rate
46.43%

-42.05% from Historical

Class Size
28

1.2% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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