Education Leadership and Policy for Equity Minor

*Not a baccalaureate degree program

This minor offers a unique focus on developing educational leadership skills in conjunction with an understanding of the sociopolitical, cultural, and economic issues that affect equity in schools, colleges, and communities in today’s globalized society. This minor provides students the opportunity to study through coursework and experiential learning topics including, but not limited to the following: race, gender, and class inequality; poverty and homelessness; immigrant and refugee education; higher educational access; school-community partnerships; and violence prevention. This minor also is open to all majors; however, given its interdisciplinary focus, it might be of particular interest to students in political science, social sciences interdisciplinary, social work, sociology, and transnational studies.