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COURSES
I TEACH IN
ADULT AND HIGHER EDUCATION
- EDAH
5043 Introduction to Research in Adult and Higher Education.
This course covers the logic of research in adult and higher
education. Specifically, students are exposed to an in-depth
discussion of quantitative approaches (experimental and ex
post facto research designs), qualitative approaches (phenomenological
and historical), the role of theory in research, identification
of research problems, internal and external validity and reliability issues, measurement
and data collection techniques, probability and non-probability
sampling strategies, qualitative case selection techniques, descriptive and inferential statistics,
qualitative data analytical procedures, and the mechanics of writing a research prospectus in the
area of adult and higher education.
- EDAH
5143 Leadership Development in Adult and Higher Education.
This discussion-intensive course is designed to explore
the conceptual, practical, and research aspects of leadership in a variety
of organizational settings, including adult and higher education organizations, for-profit companies, governmental agencies, and social service organizations.
Topics covered include theories of organization, the evolution of leadership and management
theories (from X to Y to Z), applications of these theories
and concepts in contemporary leadership situations, and leadership
challenges for the future.
- EDAH
5233 Research on the College Student. The course
explores all critical research areas related to domestic and
international college students enrolled in American higher education.
Topics covered include student demographics, access,
choice, persistence and degree attainment, college environments,
cognitive and affective development, after-college effects,
and student assessment. An
understanding and knowledge of these topics is considered a
precursor for those students interested in student personnel
administration or for those interested in pursuing advanced
research on the college student.
- EDAH
5243 Financial Management in Higher Education. The
course covers important aspects of finance in American higher
education. Topics covered in include history of finance, politics
of the budgetary process, state funding, student financial aid,
internal budgeting, finance management, tuition pricing, costing,
financial indicators, funding of private higher education, the
"who-pays-and-who-benefits" question, and key financial
terminology employed in higher education. Discussions of these
topics are purposely more theoretical than hands-on and more
focused at the national level than at the state or institutional
levels.
- EDAH
5253 Institutional Research in Higher Education. The primary aim of this course is to provide students with a
general yet integrated knowledge of institutional research.
Students are introduced to the concepts and practice of institutional
research in a variety of settings, from community colleges to
research universities. Class meetings cover the definitions
and scope of institutional research; the uses of information;
information retrieval systems, and institutional research perspectives
on students, faculty and staff, facilities, capital and finance,
environmental scanning, futures research, curriculum assessment,
institutional assessment, and student assessment. For more information about the profession of institutional research, please visit the AIR website.
- EDAH
5263 Planning in Higher Education. The course analyzes important concepts, practices, issues, and
problems related to planning in higher education. Topics covered
include planning paradigms, planning models, environmental scanning,
quality assessment, leadership in planning, applicability of
business planning, and the impact of various external constituents
on planning. Students are also exposed to role-playing simulations
in planning.
- EDAH
5373 Assessment in Adult and Higher Education. The course explores the definitions and practices of assessment
in adult and higher education and introduces the student to
the issues, complexities, and procedures related to assessing
college students or adult learners in a training and development
setting, financial issues in higher education or business
and industry, college instructors or trainers in the T&D
setting, academic programs or training programs, and institutional
or organizational effectiveness.
- EDAH 5940 Statewide Coordination and Governance. This course is designed to provide the students with a working understanding of the nation's statewide governing or coordinating structures. The course will cover the historical development of statewide systems, and the roles they play in policy making, decision making, finance, and other contemporary issues. This is an experimental class offered for the first time in Fall 2005.
- EDAH
6970 Prospectus Development Seminar. This seminar
provides doctoral students with the groundwork and forum for
the development of their dissertation prospecti. Using intensive
class interactions, students are introduced to issues related
to research methodology, sampling, data collection techniques,
and statistics; to ideas about possible research topics in their
respective areas of interests; and to the mechanics of writing
a dissertation prospectus.
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