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Health, Housing, and Educational Services
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 15 hours
  • Course by Columbia University
  • Offered by

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Course 5 discusses policies in four areas: housing, education, healthcare, and immigration, with an optional fifth module in child protection. This course addresses issues of power, oppression, and white supremacy. -First we’ll look at housing policy, with its contrasting supports for homeowners and renters. -Then we’ll interpret the structure that provides education and examine debates about its future. -The third module will differentiate the issues in the U.S. healthcare system and develop the structure of public healthcare programs. -Next, the course will lay out immigration policies and weigh the push and pull of the debate about immigration reform. -The optional fifth module traces the child protection system its beginnings to the present day and appraises the failures and strengths of the system. The course is part of a sequence in social policy that has an HONORS TRACK. This track will prepare the learner for masters-level work in policy, which involves reading the literature, writing concise summaries and probing critiques. Over the sequence the learner will develop a policy analysis that will create a foundation for professional policy analyst assignments.

Modules

Introduction

    • 3 Videos
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3 Videos

  • Sequence opening video - John Robertson
  • Sequence Video: Why Social Policy - Alumni
  • Course Introduction

Housing Programs

    • 5 Videos
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5 Videos

  • Tax Expenditures
  • Housing Programs
  • Housing Equality
  • Housing Issues
  • Housing Alternatives

Education

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Education Structure
  • Education Issues

Wrapping Up

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Quiz: Module 1 Overview

Required Reading

    • 1 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Required Reading Assessment

1 Readings

  • 7 Great Education Policy Ideas for Progressives in 2018

Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Introduction

US Healthcare

    • 6 Videos
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6 Videos

  • The Parts of Healthcare
  • Healthcare Debate Reasons
  • Healthcare Expenditures
  • Healthcare Issues
  • Healthcare Information
  • Rationing

Basic Question about Healthcare & Reform

    • 5 Videos
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5 Videos

  • The Basic Question
  • Reform, Part I
  • Reform, Part II
  • Reform, Part III
  • The Healthcare Debate

Wrapping Up

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Quiz: Module 2 Overview

Required Reading

    • 1 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Required Reading Assessment

1 Readings

  • Understanding Health Insurance

Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Introduction

The Affordable Care Act

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • The Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Medicare

    • 4 Videos
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4 Videos

  • Medicare
  • The Parts of Medicare
  • The Costs of Medicare
  • The Future of Medicare

Medicaid

    • 3 Videos
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3 Videos

  • Medicaid
  • Medicaid and Aging
  • The Future of Medicaid

Wrapping Up

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Quiz: Module 3 Overview

2 Videos

  • Video Lecture: Medicaid, Medicare and Poverty - Prof Garfinkel
  • Wrapping Up

Required Reading

    • 1 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Required Reading Assessment

1 Readings

  • An Overview of Medicare

Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Introduction

Immigration in the US

    • 7 Videos
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7 Videos

  • Immigration Numbers
  • Immigration: Benefits & Problems
  • Categories of Immigration
  • Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR)
  • Immigration: Temporary Work
  • Undocumented Immigrants
  • Undocumented Immigrants by Professor Kaushal

Other Immigration Issues

    • 5 Videos
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5 Videos

  • Integration
  • Immigrant & Children
  • Special Populations
  • The Paradox by Professor Kaushal
  • Immigration Reform

Wrapping Up

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Quiz: Module 4 Overview

1 Videos

  • Wrap-Up

Required Reading

    • 1 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Copy of Required Reading Assessment

1 Readings

  • Blaming Immigrants: Nationalism and the Economics of Global Movement

The Final Policy Memo

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Policy Memo

1 Videos

  • Policy Analysis Project: The Final Policy Memo

Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Introduction

Children and Child Protective Services

    • 9 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Quiz: Module 5 Overview

9 Videos

  • History of Child Welfare
  • Child Abuse
  • The Safety of the Child
  • Child Protective Services (CPS) System
  • Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention & Out-of-Home Care
  • Aging Out & Adoption
  • Child Welfare by Professor Waldfogel
  • Issues in Child Public Welfare
  • Out-of-Home Care Disproportionality

Required Reading

    • 1 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Required Reading Assessment

1 Readings

  • Every Kid Needs a Family

Auto Summary

Dive into "Health, Housing, and Educational Services," a comprehensive personal development course on Coursera. This foundational course delves into housing, education, healthcare, and immigration policies, with an optional module on child protection. It examines power dynamics, oppression, and white supremacy within these domains. Perfect for aspiring policy analysts, the course offers an HONORS TRACK for master's level preparation. Over 900 minutes, learners will engage in policy analysis, literature review, and critical writing. Ideal for those pursuing a career in social policy. Subscriptions available at the Starter level.

John Robertson
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John Robertson