ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
Engages with contemporary issues in the economics of education across the K-12 and postsecondary policy arenas in the US and beyond. With foundations in human capital and the education production function, covers a wide variety of topics, including teacher labor markets and teacher quality, school choice, K-12 and higher education finance, and the individual and collective returns to education. Discuss, present, and critique education policy issues through the lens of economics and apply course content to current issues in education policy, including creation and dissemination of recommendations for education policy and practice.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate a strong degree of economic literacy and articulate economic perspectives Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discuss the production, costs, and financing of K-12 and higher education systems Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe economic aspects of teachers, teacher quality, and teacher labor markets; Audience: Undergraduate 4. Differentiate broad K-12 and higher education markets, choices, and incentives through an economic lens Audience: Undergraduate 5. Review, synthesize, and critique economic literature on a variety of education policy issues Audience: Undergraduate 6. Practice critical reading, logical thinking, and use of evidence within the economics discipline Audience: Undergraduate 7. Demonstrate skilled written and verbal communication on multiple points of view across topics Audience: Undergraduate 8. Generate and communicate recommendations for policy and practice by synthesizing theory and contexts Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate a strong degree of economic literacy and articulate economic perspectives Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discuss the production, costs, and financing of K-12 and higher education systems Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe economic aspects of teachers, teacher quality, and teacher labor markets; Audience: Undergraduate 4. Differentiate broad K-12 and higher education markets, choices, and incentives through an economic lens Audience: Undergraduate 5. Review, synthesize, and critique economic literature on a variety of education policy issues Audience: Undergraduate 6. Practice critical reading, logical thinking, and use of evidence within the economics discipline Audience: Undergraduate 7. Demonstrate skilled written and verbal communication on multiple points of view across topics Audience: Undergraduate 8. Generate and communicate recommendations for policy and practice by synthesizing theory and contexts Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027