Policy in Higher Education Concentration - Ph.D.

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The concentration in Policy in Higher Education is designed to prepare students with a variety of backgrounds for a broad range of professional positions in, or closely related to, institutions of higher and postsecondary education, such as: future university professors of higher education who wish to teach and conduct research in the area of public policy in higher education; public policymakers and policy analysts in 4-year and 2-year colleges and universities; public policymakers and policy analysts in state and federal government and higher education-related agencies (e.g., Iowa College Aid Commission, ACT, Board of Regents, Education Policy Institute); institutional researchers in 4-year or 2-year institutions; and current or future faculty and administrators at 4-year and 2-year public or private institutions who seek positions as academic administrators or professional/technical staff with responsibilities related to policymaking and policy analysis in a variety of campus units.

Recommended courses for the concentration:

• 07B:218 - Policy Design and Implementation
• 07B:316 - Introduction to Policy Analysis & Evaluation
• 07B:370 - Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis
• 07P:265 - Program Evaluation