Policy Residency II

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

Students in this two-semester course sequence will be placed in a policy-relevant field experience in order to gain an experiential perspective on the nature of educational advocacy and/or the policy-making process in education. Through their field placements, students will gain a hands-on view of mechanics of interest representation and mobilization, efforts at agenda setting, the legislative process, rule-making, media relations, public awareness campaigns, and policy development and implementation. Coursework will connect students' daily experiences with theoretical frameworks of organizational, policy, and political change in order to highlight the challenges and opportunities of policy and advocacy work in the field of education.