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MA Policy Analysis Program
Policy Analysis Program
Schedule
The MA Policy Analysis and Evaluation Program in the School of
Education at Stanford University has been ranked the #1 Policy
Analysis program in the country, according to
U.S. News & World Report
The master's in Policy Analysis is a three-quarter program (42 units)
designed to prepare individuals to formulate educational policy or
conduct policy-relevant research. Graduates assume positions in
local, state, regional, national, or international agencies and
organizations (such as foundations and research laboratories).
Students may specialize in politics, economics, organizational
sociology, or long-range planning for complex educational
systems.
Faculty
The School of Education has assembled one of the most impressive
groups of scholars and researchers in the world. Faculty members
contribute to knowledge and practice. They publish in a variety of
domains, ranging from encyclopedias and scholarly books to newspapers
and magazines. A measure of their stature in their respective fields
is the number of faculty members who have been elected presidents of
professional organizations and received some of the highest honors
bestowed by those organizations. Faculty are routinely asked to
provide information and insights about policy issues in the United
States and throughout the world.
A brief biographical text accompanies each faculty member's name.
Point to the underlined name with your cursor and click on it to read
about each faculty member.
Director: David M.
Fetterman
Dean: Richard
Shavelson
Assoc. Dean: Denis
Phillips
Core faculty include: 
Larry
Cuban,
Jane
Hannaway,
Michael
Kirst,
Henry Levin,
Milbrey
McLaughlin,
Myra Strober
Additional APA Core Faculty include Edwin
Bridges,Patricia
Gumport,Marshall Smith, and
David Tyack.
Course Requirements
Students participate in a year-long seminar in policy
analysis.
Other required courses include: Economics of Education, Politics of
Education, Policy Analysis, History of School Reform, Resource
Allocation, Organizational Sociology, and Statistics.
Recent Placements
Recent graduates are working in the following agencies and
organizations:
Alameda County Supervisor (elected official) - Wilma Chan
Apple Computer, Inc. - Rayme Waters
Arizona State Department of Education - Anabel Aportela
Council of Chief State School Officers - Laurie Somers
Deloitte and Touche - Kimberly Cardinale
Dianne Fienstein's Office (D.C.) - Kelly Amis
Jazz Interactive (children's educational software) - Monica
Goebels
Law School - Joe Burghardt and Kevin Chung
Learning Company - Margi Power
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory - Robin Lasota
Research, Policy, and Practice - Kara Finnegan (formerly from
George Lucus Ed. Foundation)
San Francisco Education Fund - Cedric Brown
San Mateo County - Sally Shuper
Senator Feinstein's Office - Kelly Amis
SRI International (D.C. office) - John Luczak
SRI International (Menlo Park office) - Viki Young
Summerbridge - Cathy Sanford
Teach for America - Trish Striglos
Texas Christian University - Liza O'Neil
The Learning Company - Margi Powers
The San Francisco Bay Area School Reform Collaborative - Susan
Scharf
U.S. Department of Education - Jennifer Ballen
University Child Development School - Briel Schwartz
Walter S. Johnson Foundation - Kimberly Ford
WestEd Laboratories - Kyo Yamashiro and Susan Scharf
Please feel free to select Alumni, if you
would like to see some of them on the next page.
Graduation
Our graduation ceremony is filled with pomp and circumstance,
complete with the adornment of scholarly robes.
Admissions
For applications please contact:
Admissions Office
Cubberley Room 102
(415)-723-4794
http://www.stanford.edu/group/SUSE/admiss/admiss.html
Coordinator of Academic Services
Gabriel Olszewski
(415)-723-4066
Master's Program Coordinator
Page Allen
(415)-723-8618 (page.allan@forsythe.stanford.edu)
Financial Aid
Mollie Goetz
Cubberley Room 103
(415)-723-4793
© 1997 Fetterman
Larry
Cuban,