Introduction
The Education Department offers a twelve-month program to prepare students for a variety of professional careers involving policy analysis, planning, and development in urban public education. A distinctive feature of the program is the integration of research, theory, and practice to provide students with foundational concepts and a set of core skills in areas including data analysis and data-based decision making, economic theory and application in the realm of urban education policy analysis, urban politics and education, human development in an urban education context, and urban demographics. The academically rigorous curriculum coursework is grounded in “practice” and is complemented by a concurrent nine-month internship in a local urban education policy setting. The program draws heavily on the urban education policy expertise of the Brown-based Annenberg Institute for School Reform, and collaborations with the Brown-based Annenberg Institute for School Reform, The Education Alliance, and the Taubman Center for Public Policy, as well as other academic departments at Brown augment the practical and interdisciplinary aspects of the program.
Program Details
Admission requirements: Interested students must submit the following materials to be considered for admission to the one-year Master of Arts in Urban Education Policy program: GRE: general test required; official transcripts of all prior academic work at institutions of higher education; three letters of recommendation; a personal statement that connects to one’s perspective on and/or experience in urban educational and social issues; interviews may be necessary when additional information is needed. Prior professional experience or course work in education is not required.
Completion Requirements: The program will be one year (12 months) long and will consist of ten courses: eight required core courses, including a nine-month policy practicum that counts as one course and serves as a key feature of the program, and two elective courses. The elective component of the curriculum will allow students either to gain a greater depth of training in a core area or to broaden their graduate experience by seeking coursework in areas that are related to, but not directly covered by, core courses in the program. Required courses are in the areas of Quantitative Research Methods and Data Analysis; Education Policy Analysis; Urban Politics and Urban Education Policy; Economics of Education; Teaching, Learning and Human Development; Education Systems and Structures; Qualitative Research Methods; and the nine-month internship.
Application Deadline: Students interested in financial aid must apply by January 2, 2006.
Contact Information:
UEP Program
Brown University
Box 1938
Providence, RI 02912Phone: (401) 863-3983
E-mail: Ann_D'Abrosca@brown.edu