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The Education and Public Policy Program is a major in the College of Education.
We designed it for individuals who are interested in education, but are not
necessarily interested in going into teaching immediately or, or at all. They're
interested in broad issues of public policy, broad issues of education policy.
>> It kind of gives us an opportunity to work
directly in policy
at the state level, local level, or federal level
or also in research
at either non-profits or different institutions. >> One of the things that
really attracted me to this major,
I was able to see that you can go into any kind of direction
within the education system. The guidance that the facutly has given us within the curriculum,
how to research properly,
and how to analyze policies,
have really helped me a lot.
The great thing about this major is it's really interdisciplinary, so we take
tons of education policy courses, but we also take history, poli sci, sociology, so it's really
comprehensive so it's really great if you have a lot of interests and you kind of want to
create your own major and just kind of use the lens of education
to kind of build this thing that you want to make out of your four years at
Penn State. >> One of the exciting things is that individuals have real hands on
experience in education and public policy.
All students in the major will do an internship along the the way. And this is the way that
the realize they can
both engage in helping improve
and change the world of education,
and yet do it from outside the classroom. >> Having a small program meant that there
was very direct contact, very
direct and regular and high quality contact
between the students and the professors and
and I know that my son really
appreciated that.
I think he,
he got an education about an education and that was a real eye opener for him and
in his case, he has a particular interest in a certain population, which is special
needs children. Education across the board from you know lower levels
all the way on up.
So he found that this is a very good
home for him at Penn State to pursue those kinds of
interests. >> People have often found themselves using the degree to go
in areas they had not yet anticipated, whether it's working for
for-profit companies or whether it's working for non-profit agencies. There's
really a limitless set of things that they can do with this major.
>> Going into this major
just enlightened me so much. I wish that there was more.