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RESEARCH AND EVALUATION FOR EQUITY

EDPOL 601
Course Description

How can research and evaluation serve as mechanisms for advancing equity and justice? Interdisciplinary approach to foundational understanding of educational research and program evaluation. Explores common types of program evaluation and examine how equity-oriented frameworks can inform research and evaluation projects. Considers how politics shape who evaluates, for what reasons, and with what consequences. Engage in systematic inquiry using evaluation research methods, including data collection, analysis, and interpretation.

Prerequisties

Junior standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Not Applicable

Grade Point Average
3.93

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Completion Rate
100%

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A Rate
85.71%

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Class Size
7

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Instructors (2025 Fall)

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