Education and Civil Rights

Catalog description

Graduate course focused on civil rights policies and educational equity in the United States from the perspectives of social science, education policy, history, and law. Topics examined include desegregation and resegregation in K-12 schools, the rights of emergent bilingual students and students who are undocumented, students' rights based on gender and sexuality, race-conscious admissions in higher education, and the role and functions of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.