University of California-Davis Professor to Discuss Education Policy
Cassandra Hart
Cassandra Hart, assistant professor of education policy at the University of California, Davis, will deliver a lecture Friday, Feb. 22, on the University of Arkansas campus titled “Education Policy Shocks and Private School Supply.”
Hart will speak at noon in Room 343 of the Graduate Education Building. Her lecture is part of the series sponsored by the department of education reform. The lecture is free and open to the public. Visit the lecture page to RSVP for lunch by Wednesday, Feb. 20.
Hart’s recent research has examined the competitive effects of means-tested school vouchers.
Contacts
Daniel Bowen, Distinguished Doctoral Fellow
Department of Education Reform
479-575-6345,
dhbowen@email.uark.edu
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