{"id":1495,"date":"2024-12-31T01:53:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T06:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2025-01-06T02:58:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T07:58:53","slug":"political-science-students-simulate-congressional-hearing-on-education-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/2024\/12\/31\/political-science-students-simulate-congressional-hearing-on-education-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Science Students Simulate Congressional Hearing on Education Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1515\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/12\/02.14-3.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/12\/02.14-3.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/12\/02.14-3.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/12\/02.14-3.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/12\/02.14-3.jpeg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/12\/02.14-3.jpeg?resize=622%2C350&amp;ssl=1 622w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/12\/02.14-3.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Students in Professor Felicia Grey\u2019s Introduction to Political Science class recently had the opportunity to step into the shoes of policymakers during a simulated congressional hearing.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The class was divided into groups to represent different political viewpoints and tasked with presenting arguments before a mock House Committee on Education and the Workforce.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The debate centered on<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp;the Department of Education<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2019s future<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, offering students a chance to experience firsthand the complexities of education policy and the legislative process.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in Professor Felicia Grey\u2019s Introduction to Political Science class recently had the opportunity to step into the shoes of policymakers during a simulated congressional hearing.&nbsp;&nbsp; The class was divided into groups to represent different political viewpoints and tasked with presenting arguments before a mock House Committee on Education and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":682,"featured_media":1515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[28,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/12\/02.14-3.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1495"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1516,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495\/revisions\/1516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}