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EDSP 740

Policy & Advocacy in Disability & Education

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Standard

Overview

Description

The course provides an introduction to the role of advocacy in impacting policy in education and disability organizations at the local, state, and national levels. Students will learn how to take data from research and present it in formats typically used by policymakers.

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Lecture3

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Offered: Every Spring- Even Years

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spring

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Learning Outcomes

  • explain how advocacy and analysis work together with people, processes, and politics to develop policy in a cyclical manner.
  • differentiate between a white paper and a policy brief and identify when each can be used beneficially.
  • write both a white paper and a policy brief on either a current educational issue or disability rights issue.