Spring 2027

Special Topics in Educational Policy Studies

Special Topics in Educational Policy Studies with topics that vary each semester.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Rachel Williams

Summary

1 / 5

Past student reviews · Sara Goldrick-Rab

The class carried a moderate difficulty rating, and the instructor provided digital materials to help offset the expense of required textbooks.

Grade history

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Prerequisites

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Graduate/professional standing

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EDPOL 780

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.72 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

RACHEL WILLIAMS is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SARA GOLDRICK-RAB is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SEM 001Classroom Instruction0 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Sara Goldrick-Rab

Rachel Williams teaches this course, while past feedback highlights Sara Goldrick-Rab as an inspirational, well-prepared professor who accommodates diverse learning styles.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Sara Goldrick-Rab

The class carried a moderate difficulty rating, and the instructor provided digital materials to help offset the expense of required textbooks.

Past student reviews · Sara Goldrick-Rab

Students found office hours satisfying and appreciated the timely, detailed feedback received on their assignments.

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Sources & history

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Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
EDPOL 780 · Spring 2027

Special Topics in Educational Policy Studies

Recorded 2026-10-14
EDPOL 780 · Spring 2027

Ed & the Politics of Place

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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