Val Rust Professor Social Sciences and Comparative Education 2141 Moore Hall (310) 825 9386 rust@gseis.ucla.edu

Education

Postdoctoral Studies, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 1978
Research Fellow, Deutsches Institut für Internationale Pädagogische Forschung, 1966
Ph. D., Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1967

Research Interests

My major association at the Graduate School of Education is with Comparative and International Studies. Contemporary research interests are with the politics of educational reform, institution building, leadership in higher education, and study abroad, and ethnic issues in international perspective.

Current Academic Year Courses

Fall 2003
ED 204B Introduction to Comparative Education M 5:00-9:00

Winter 2004
ED 197A Current Issues In Education: Education Abroad T 8:00-12:00
ED 299B Research Practicum: Education T 5:00-9:00

Spring 2004
ED 197A Current Issues in Education: Education Abroad T 8:00-12:00

Recent Publications

(Co-author), "Educational Reform in Western Europe" Education Encyclopedia New York: Macmillan (2003).

"Minority Education Policy in Azerbaijan and Iran" Journal of Azerbaijani Studies, vol. 5, no. 1 (2003).

(Co-author), Dictionnaire d‚éducation comparée (Dictionary of Comparative Education), Paris: L‚Harmattan (2003).

"The Meanings of the Term Comparative in Comparative Education" World Studies in Education vol. 3, no. 1(2002), 53-68.

(Co-author) "Shifting Perspectives on Comparative Research" Comparative Education, vol. 37, no. 4 (November, 2001), 501-506.

Links

Director of the UCLA Education Abroad Program: UCLA Education Abroad Program

Associate Director of the Center for International and Development Education (CIDE): Center for International and Development Education (CIDE)

Associated with the UCLA International Institute: UCLA International Institute