ELHE 7704 Ethics and Equity in Education

The course explores how schools are used as a vehicle of the state to de-culturalize various communities of people throughout the country's history. Students will explore how schools can more appropriately promote respect for valuing diversity as a generative source of the country's vitality and its relationship to the global village. The role of educators is not only to act ethically in the many individual situations of their daily professional lives, but more importantly to see that the institutional structures and processes of the school system are themselves reflections of a system of justice and care.

Course overview

Department
Educational Leadership and Higher Education
School
Lynch
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Fall

Catalog details

Prerequisites
E-mail department for permission if course is closed.

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
3.55 / 5 · Very Good
158 responses
Instructor rating
3.91 / 5 · Very Good
158 responses
Terms evaluated
10
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Spring 2026Jonathan Redden3.33.33.04.04.24.24.23.94–6 hrs/week12 of 16
Summer 2025Beth Choquette4.44.54.54.74.74.54.74.74–6 hrs/week11 of 13
Fall 2024Eylem Icin2.42.63.53.34.33.23.33.410+ hrs/week16 of 17
Spring 2024Beth Choquette3.53.93.94.34.03.74.53.64–6 hrs/week13 of 14
Spring 2024Jonathan Redden3.53.73.94.34.03.74.53.64–6 hrs/week13 of 14
Fall 2023Beth Choquette—————————8 of 11
Fall 2023Jonathan Redden—————————8 of 11
Summer 2023Beth Choquette—————————6 of 8
Summer 2023Jonathan Redden—————————6 of 8
Spring 2023Beth Choquette3.13.83.64.14.53.64.13.9—14 of 15
Spring 2023Jonathan Redden3.13.73.64.14.53.64.13.9—14 of 15
Fall 2022Eylem Icin4.04.04.24.24.33.94.13.87–9 hrs/week10 of 10
Spring 2022Eylem Icin3.23.53.54.04.74.03.74.3—6 of 11
Fall 2021Andrew Miller4.24.74.84.74.94.34.44.67–9 hrs/week21 of 28

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Andrew Miller
    Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.70/5
  • Beth Choquette
    Fall 2026, Summer 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.13/5
  • Eylem Icin
    Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Spring 2022 · Official rating 3.22/5
  • Jonathan Redden
    Spring 2026, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023 · Official rating 3.79/5

Sections

  • Section 01
    Spring 2027 · Instructor not listed · Th 07:00PM-08:00PM · Offered
  • Section 01
    Fall 2026 · Beth Choquette · M 06:00PM-07:30PM · Offered