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EDU T008: Power and Pedagogy: Self, Society, and Transformation

Semester: 

N/A

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2022
The purpose of this course is to help students face and overcome fundamental problems in the practice and theory of education. The course focuses on dilemmas that arise from contradictions at the core of contemporary society and that cannot be solved by applying so-called "best practices." These contradictions involve class, race and other relations within inherently hierarchical structures: schooling, for example, which acts as a channel to economic access, at the same time functions as a chief social stratifier; the educator who tries to give his or her students better access to positions... Read more about EDU T008: Power and Pedagogy: Self, Society, and Transformation

MIT 15 .492: Practice of Finance- Crypto Finance

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Spring

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2022
Explores the markets for cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin. Begins with the basics and economics of crypto assets' underlying blockchain technology and then turns to the trading and markets for cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings, other tokens and crypto derivatives. Students gain an understanding and comparison to traditional finance of the market structure, participants, regulation and dynamics of this relatively new and volatile asset class.

EDU A135: Education Entrepreneurship

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Spring

Offered: 

2022
This course prepares students for careers and leadership roles in social innovation and education entrepreneurship. Our focus is on the strategic challenges facing education entrepreneurs and practical approaches to addressing those challenges. Topics include strategy development in start-up organizations, accessing and managing financial resources, scaling and growth, and measuring outcomes and impact. Students will learn through case discussion and engagement with leading education entrepreneurs and funders. By design, the course allows students to draw upon and integrate their learning... Read more about EDU A135: Education Entrepreneurship

MIT 15 .439: Investment Management

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Spring

Offered: 

2022
Investment Management
Focuses on implementing successful investment strategies - blending academic finance with the practice of investment management employed by the world's most sophisticated (quantitative) investors. Covers the dynamics of behavioral finance and their effects on markets; investment strategies in current use, and how to build and test your own quantitative strategies; portfolio construction and trading, considering transaction costs, risk management, and efficient trade execution; and current trends and regulatory changes. Includes guest lecturers. Requires an understanding of basic statistical... Read more about MIT 15 .439: Investment Management

ELOE 101Y: Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship Core Experience

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Fall

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2021
The purpose of the Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship (ELOE) Core Experience, which is really a set of experiences, is to help frame, integrate, and synthesize student learning in alignment with the ELOE core competencies. It is the “glue” of the ELOE program, designed to help ensure that each student, no matter their desired impact, career aspirations or concentration, makes progress on the program’s core competencies in alignment to their personal and professional goals.  Through the core experience, each student will engage in a competency-based self-assessment... Read more about ELOE 101Y: Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship Core Experience

Ethnic Studies and Education

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Fall

Offered: 

2021
How might the study, interrogation, and analysis of our collective past and present through a comparative, humanizing lens support our ability to contextualize and confront the challenges of our present? This course introduces students to the origins, epistemologies, frameworks, key concepts, and central questions in the field of Ethnic Studies, while applying these concepts and questions to our own educational experiences, and the various realms of education in which we currently work. The course begins with a body-centered, analytic examination of key events in early U.S. History through a... Read more about Ethnic Studies and Education

EDU A720: Ethical Questions in Higher Education

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Fall

Offered: 

2021
The current moment has underscored the fact that leaders in higher education are forced regularly to make difficult decisions that have competing ethical and practical consequences. How does one decide about the opening or closing of a campus during a pandemic? How does one balance a commitment to the free exchange of ideas against the potential for some ideas to create a toxic environment? What role should the university play in challenging governmental policies that conflict with the university’s mission? How does one weigh the importance and cost of access to college... Read more about EDU A720: Ethical Questions in Higher Education

EDU A608: Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Learning

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Fall

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2021
This course focuses on how leaders of organizations, both large and small, public and private, translate good ideas into action. These ideas may be entrepreneurial in nature and entail starting new ventures, or they may be intrapreneurial in nature and entail implementing new initiatives within existing organizational structures. We will focus on how leaders can shape and influence complex decision processes regarding innovative and entrepreneurial ideas most effectively. We will examine both those decisions that were flawed and those that were successful in order to derive lessons about... Read more about EDU A608: Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Learning

EDU A310N: Coaching with Equity in Mind I

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Fall

Offered: 

2021
What are best practices in using coaching as a strategy for capacity-building of individuals? And how can we use this strategy to shift educational institutions to become more equitable? This module invites you to explore how coaching can help individuals lean into their strengths, recognize their biases, and make deliberate changes in behavior. Using a research-based coaching format to guide how we coach and the task of articulating a developing a compelling “Why” statement as our shared content focus, you will have weekly opportunities to practice key skills related to coaching with equity... Read more about EDU A310N: Coaching with Equity in Mind I

EDU A019: Education Sector Nonprofits

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Fall

Offered: 

2021
This course examines the growth of education sector nonprofits, focusing specifically on how these organizations are governed, managed, and financed.  Through the use of case studies, pertinent research and scholarship, visiting practitioners, and emerging institutional examples, students will have an opportunity to explore the work of a wide range of education sector nonprofits and their overall contribution to educational reform and improvement.  The course will be intentionally broad in scope and will include discussion of education sector nonprofits that focus on higher... Read more about EDU A019: Education Sector Nonprofits