ELP - Educational Leadership and Policy

Educational Leadership and Policy: ELP

Lower-Division Courses

ELP X05. Public Policy and Black Communities.

Examine how public policy has both advanced and hindered opportunities for Black people and communities from the Constitutional era to the present, addressing such areas as education, health, housing, and policing.

ELP X11S. Topics in Educational Leadership and Policy.

Explore a wide array of introductory issues in educational leadership and policy.

ELP X17. First-Year Connection Seminar: University Leadership Network.

Explore undergraduate education through lectures, discussion, and experiential learning focusing on various contemporary issues, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary perspectives and critical discourse.

ELP X19S. Topics in Educational Leadership and Policy.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

Upper-Division Courses

ELP X20F. Power and Money in U.S. Education Policy.

Examine how power dynamics and financial forces shape education opportunity, who controls what gets taught, how resources are allocated, the political influences behind educational decisions, and the impact of the decisions upon different groups of students.

ELP X21F. Black Education Policy.

Examine key educational policy moments that have impacted Black communities--including anti-literacy laws, segregation, contemporary funding, and curriculum debates. Explore how Black communities have responded through institution-building, legal advocacy, and alternative educational practices.

ELP X27M. First-Year Seminar: University Leadership Network Mentors.

Explore undergraduate education, as it pertains to student educators, through lectures, peer leadership best practices, discussion, and experiential learning.

ELP X27S. Academic Success Seminar.

Explore academic success strategies and complete a project related to each student's probationary status at the University.

ELP X29S. Topics in Educational Leadership and Policy.

ELP X30K. Topics in Educational Leadership and Policy.

Explore a wide array of introductory issues in educational leadership and policy.

ELP X51L. Leadership for New Student Transition.

Explore peer leadership within the University community, with a focus on supporting the transition to college through the first-year experience.

ELP X51N. Sorority and Fraternity Leadership Issues.

Explore leadership within university sororities and fraternities. Discuss leadership skills in areas such as community building, risk management, social justice, and community service.

ELP X53N. Internship.

Supervised practice in a professional position.

ELP X54C. How Colleges Work.

Examine the ways in which colleges function, informed by history, bureaucracy, organization, administration, governance, and law and policy.

ELP X54D. Equity and Diversity Issues in Education.

Examine foundational and current issues related to research-based knowledge on equity and diversity issues in PK-12 and higher education.

ELP X54E. College Students and Their Environments.

Examine issues challenging the ability of colleges to support students, including campus history and legacy. Explore how students' environments affect the way they engage with colleges.

ELP X54F. Foundations of Educational Policy.

Introduction to the history of the American educational system. Consider historical, economic, social, and political trends when examining contemporary educational policy. Explore policies related to race, ethnicity, class, and gender, and the recurring nature of controversial issues related to language, segregation, funding, and accountability.

ELP X54K. Special Topics in Higher Education.

ELP X54L. Introduction to Educational Leadership Studies.

Examine the study and practice of educational leadership. Through a variety of experiences, explore large leadership questions in schools, higher education institutions, and other organizations.

ELP X54P. Introduction to Educational Policy.

Introduction to basic research, theory, and practice about educational policy and its influence on student outcomes. Discuss the ways in which educational inequalities from early-childhood through postsecondary education contribute to broad social and economic inequality.

ELP X54R. Introduction to Research in Higher Education.

Explore an overview of research methods and approaches, including basic terminologies and ways to deploy research in service to student affairs work.

ELP X54S. Social Awareness and Critical Consciousness in Student Affairs.

Engage in understanding personal cultural and social backgrounds and how positionality influences the way one thinks about students, colleges, and student affairs.

ELP X54T. Introduction to Student Affairs in Higher Education.

Explore an overview of student affairs functions, challenges, and goals both within and external to traditional student affairs units.

Graduate Courses

ELP X81C. Education Research I.

Explores educational research paradigms and epistemologies; introduction to basic educational research design decisions such as when to use qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods, the differences in these approaches and strengths each approach brings to the research endeavor.

ELP X81D. Education Research II.

A continuation of Education Research I, with an emphasis on the basics of statistical techniques and qualitative approaches; skills related to data collection and analysis; and conceptual and practical understanding of the research process and how to ensure quality while engaged in research.

ELP X83N. Graduate Internship.

Supervised practice in a professional position.

ELP X83P. Individual Projects.

ELP X84D. Administration of the Individual School.

Organization, direction, management, and leadership for the program of a single school.

ELP X84E. Public School Leadership.

A fused, multidisciplinary foundational core course covering major task areas,administrative theory and processes,and supporting knowledge from other disciplines.

ELP X84F. Foundations of Educational Policy.

Introduction to the history of the American educational system. Considers historical, economic, social, and political precedents when examining contemporary educational policy. Emphasis on policies related to race, ethnicity, class, and gender, and the recurring nature of controversial issues related to language, segregation, funding, and accountability.

ELP X84G. General, Elementary, and Secondary Programs.

To introduce principal responsibilities for general education programs regarding state/local budget, policies and practices for elementary and secondary schools. Executive leadership practices for general education with an emphasis on instruction, data triangulation, organizational design, fiscal management, strategic planning and site-based decision making for elementary and secondary schools.

ELP X84H. Policy Implementation.

Examine the challenges and implementation of systemic school reform in the context of American cities.

ELP X84J. Policy Analysis in Education.

Analyze policy in education, including traditional and critical approaches. Review methods and principles of policy analysis, the role of policy development, context, history, and micropolitical influences.

ELP X84L. Legal Issues in Schools.

Legal bases for organizing and administering public and private school systems; statutes and court decisions affecting educational functions; administrative legal issues pertaining to various functions of school.

ELP X84N. School Business Management.

Examines the organization of elementary and secondary schools and the expertise needed to manage their resources. Applied learning opportunities in the areas of school finance and accounting, property management, state reporting and other statutory requirements, policy interpretation, budget preparation and administration, cash management, personnel management, purchasing, risk management, and strategic planning.

ELP X84P. Principalship.

Group and individual studies of research literature; execution of investigative projects and reports of research.

ELP X84Q. Leading for Equity and Justice in K-12 Schools.

Explores development of leadership capacity to lead high-achieving, equitable, and socially just schools for all students in integrated ways, especially for students who have been traditionally underserved. Focus on research-based leadership practices for addressing inequities and ways to develop schools that give all students equitable opportunity for high academic achievement.

ELP X84R. School, Family and Community Engagement.

Introduction to concepts of school-family-community engagement with a focus on equity, social justice, and democratic participation. Explores the capacity to lead community engaged schools through equitably and authentically partnering with traditionally underserved families, communities, and community-based organizations.

ELP X84S. School Leadership: Micropolitics and Change.

The micropolitics of leadership, from control to empowerment, as they affect what principals can and should do about change within the school. Designed to assist prospective principals in analyzing and interpreting the dynamic process of initiation, implementation, and institutionalization of change in and around schools.

ELP X84T. School Improvement: Instructional Leadership and Development.

Designed to provide prospective school leaders with the conceptual, technical, and human-interaction skills necessary for school improvement. Focus on knowledge, principles, problems, and issues related to instructional leadership. Examines instructional supervision theory, goals, functions, supervisory models, and strategies that enhance teaching and learning.

ELP X84V. Poverty and Education Policy.

The social context of education, the development and expansion of concentrated poverty in central-city schools, and the relationship between poverty and educational performance as it affects schoolchildren and parents in closely related fields such as welfare, housing, employment and training, health care, food assistance, and day care.

ELP X84W. Systems for Observing and Analyzing Instruction.

Explores skills in systematic observation, organized ways of examining teacher/student behavior in the classroom. Incorporates Texas Teacher Assessment Seminar training.

ELP X85C. Contemporary Issues In Higher Education Management.

An examination of responsibilities, functions, challenges, and current issues that affect managers in institutions of higher education.

ELP X85E. The College Student.

Study of the student population in contemporary colleges and universities, with emphasis on student development theory and the impact of campus environments on student development.

ELP X85R. Organization and Administration of Higher Education.

Introduction to the study of higher education organizations. Analysis of all elements of higher education institutions, with particular attention to structure and governance.

ELP X85T. Student Affairs in Higher Education.

Examination of the rationale for student affairs professions and the various administrative units involved in carrying out their mission.

ELP X90C. Proseminar: Introduction to P20 Research and Careers.

Foundation for cohort interaction among incoming doctoral students. Establishes a learning community among students and faculty to explore issues related to P20 education with opportunities for team conferring, planning, academic research, relevant practical experiences and site visits, professional presenting, writing and analysis, and other curricular and career enhancement opportunities

ELP X90D. Pro-Seminar and Systems of Higher Education.

Build the foundation for cohort interaction and provides opportunities to explore issues related to careers and research in higher education. An introduction to the systems of higher education in the United States.

ELP X90E. Economics and Finance.

Survey of the theoretical and empirical literature related to the economic context of and finance policy within K-12 or higher education institutions. Separate K-12 and higher education sections are taught. Covers a wide range of concepts, processes, and policies, such as patterns of financing educational institutions; federal, state, and local governmental roles; revenue sources; costs; benefits; equity; efficiency; budgeting; and finance policy implementation.

ELP X90F. School Finance and Ethics.

A study of public school finance, including budgeting and accounting, encompassing historical and current trends and legal issues. An in-depth examination of state school finance for educational leaders addressing legal and ethical issues and strategic planning that impact the operation of public schools will be addressed. The principal issues that are examined are why education is worthy of funding, who contributes to that funding, and in what proportions, and how the funding is raised in adequate amounts and equitably distributed. Current trends in Texas school finance and what the future holds for education finance will also be examined.

ELP X90G. Economics of Education.

Examine theoretical and empirical literature related to the economic context of schooling in both K-12 or higher education institutions. Discuss a wide range of concepts, processes, and policies related to funding educational institutions; federal, state, and local governmental roles; revenue sources; equity; efficiency; and finance-related policies.

ELP X90P. Educational Politics and Policy.

Survey of theoretical and empirical literature related to educational politics and policy concerning K-12 or higher education institutions, including political systems theory, intergovernmental relations, power and conflict, community relations and intergroup theory, and policies dealing with equity, quality, efficiency, and choice.

ELP X90R. Organizational Design and Behavior.

Theories of organization from structuralist, behaviorist, and critical traditions that are useful for diagnosing problems endemic to schools and colleges, and for developing skills necessary for administering complex educational systems. Study of concepts related to bureaucracy, organizational design, decision making, power and control, leadership, motivation, and organizational communication.

ELP X90S. Social and Cultural Contexts of Education.

Examines the relationship of contemporary educational institutions, both public school and higher education, to their social setting.

ELP X90V. Ethics and Values in Educational Leadership.

Examination, from the point of view of various ethical systems, of issues of equity, distributive justice, codes of ethics in educational professions, treatment of students, and other issues that face administrators of educational systems. Designed to sensitize prospective educational leaders to the ethical content of educational decisions.

ELP X91D. Systems of Human Inquiry.

Introduction to fundamental assumptions and procedures for conducting social science research, including the logic of science; the links between epistemology, theory, and methods; sampling; measurement; surveys; experiments; qualitative methods; and ethics.

ELP X91E. Epistemologies of Educational Research.

Introduction to the range of different epistemological perspectives that are used in the conduct of social science research, including the scientific method/positivism, postpositivism, interpretivism, postmodernism, critical theory, race-based and culture-based perspectives, and feminisms.

ELP X91P. Quantitative Research Design and Analysis.

Introduction to the knowledge base in measurement theory and quantitative research designs, including research designs appropriate to different research contexts; and analyzing, interpreting, and representing statistical data to scholarly and practitioner audiences.

ELP X91Q. Qualitative Research Design and Analysis.

Introduction to the utilization of theoretical frames; research questions or focus, and literature reviews; ethical issues; research design; research methods; data analysis; representations of data; interpretation of data; trustworthiness; implications; and strengths and limitations in the conduct of qualitative research.

ELP X92E. Program Evaluation Methods.

Covers designing and implementing educational program evaluations; collect, analyze, and interpret qualitative and quantitative evaluation data; create and use communications and reports to engage key stakeholders; The primary emphasis is on the theory, issues, topics, and applications of program evaluation in educational environments.

ELP X92P. Advanced Quantitative Design and Analysis.

Integrated coverage of advanced quantitative methods for education research. A conceptual approach with an emphasis on reading and writing research results sections. Subjects include missing data techniques and statistical procedures, such as linear regression, multiple regression, ANCOVA, logistic regression, and exploratory factor analysis, among other topics.

ELP X92Q. Advanced Qualitative Research Design and Analysis.

Examines in-depth exemplary qualitative studies and considers critical issues that have been raised in qualitative research.

ELP X92S. Survey Research Methods in Educational Research.

Focus on the knowledge, design, planning, implementation, and interpretations of survey research methods. Covers information on purposes of survey research, theoretical and/or empirical basis for survey research, and development of different types of questionnaire items. Methods of selecting a sample and instrument validity and reliability are included, along with statistical procedures to review and interpret survey results.

ELP X93D. Law and Disabilities.

Issues of law and policy associated with serving people with disabilities; with emphasis on federal legislation.

ELP X93N. Graduate Internship.

Supervised practice in a professional position.

ELP X93P. Individual Projects.

ELP X93R. Research Apprenticeship.

Group and individual projects in research design, research methodologies, and research execution.

ELP X93S. Superintendent Practicum.

Group and individual studies of research literature; execution of investigative projects and reports of research.

ELP X93T. Directed Research in Educational Leadership and Policy.

Investigation of assigned problems under direction of a Graduate Studies Committee member; development and demonstration of competence in research design and execution; production of acceptably written reports of a technical character.

ELP X94C. School District Administrative Functions I.

Focus on school district governance and the in depth the relationship of the superintendent and board of trustees and their respective roles according to the Texas Education Code. Investigates school facility planning and plant management, including the financing of facilities and the most up to date designs that enhances learning. Explores the function of human resources with a focus on recruitment, selection, and professional development of school district staff as well as important legal implications affecting district personnel.

ELP X94D. School District Administrative Functions II.

Focus on three areas of the superintendents' job: first, external and internal communications; second, hands-on practice in the area school finance, including state and local funding strategies and budgeting; third, the use of technology in today's school setting. Includes the study of school district safety and security practices, student transportation planning and requirements, and school district child nutrition operations.

ELP X94E. Capstone: Policy Research Problems.

Advanced seminar designed to help students develop research plans specifically for either a research proposal or a long-range research agenda.

ELP X94F. Special Education Leadership and Policy.

Advanced study of special education policies and practices focused on school leadership and school improvement for inclusive and high-quality schools.

ELP X94G. Participatory Action Research.

Explore participatory action research (PAR), a scholar-activist research approach that brings together community members, practitioners, and scholars, to co-create knowledge and social change in tandem.

ELP X94J. School Board Superintendent Relationships.

Examine the critical partnership between superintendents and school boards. Explore legal frameworks, governance models, communication strategies, and conflict resolution approaches. Analyze how effective superintendent-school board relationships contribute to district stability, policy development, and ultimately, all students' access to high-quality educational opportunities.

ELP X94K. Topics in K-12 in Educational Leadership and Policy.

ELP X94K.1. Advanced Policy Seminar in Latinx Education Issues.

Policy issues experienced by Latinos in the United States. Issues include testing, English as a Second Language programs, and bilingual education.

ELP X94K.10. Advanced Seminar: Networks in Education.

Explore social networks, theoretically and empirically, and their relationship to P-20 educational systems.

ELP X94K.2. Market-Based Reforms in Education.

Introduction to research on school choice, charter schools, and voucher policies, including the history of school choice policies, political contexts, and theories about choice from multiple disciplines. Also explores research on school choice, such as how parents make choices and how schools respond to them; the impact school vouchers and charter schools can have on diversity and segregation; and the nature of teacher labor markets in choice settings.

ELP X94K.3. Place, Opportunity, and Education.

Explores the relationship between social context or "place"; opportunity structures (i.e. physical and social structures that mediate access to opportunities (i.e. services, institutions, labor markets, etc.)), and outcomes in education.

ELP X94K.4. Schools and Gentrification.

Examines research on school gentrification, neighborhood gentrification, and school closures.

ELP X94K.5. Law, Leadership, and Discipline Policy.

Analysis of policies and practices in elementary, middle, and high school that impact the success of youth, with an emphasis on children of color and children with behavioral health challenges in educational and disciplinary placements. Examines aspects of the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems that intersect with the educational system and the disproportionate impact of these policies on children of color and those with special education needs, and considers means to promote better outcomes.

ELP X94K.6. Language Policy in Education.

Advanced seminar in language policy across elementary, secondary, and higher education levels. Explores language ideologies as a right, resource or problem.

ELP X94K.7. Immigration Theory in Education.

Advanced, interdisciplnary investigations of selected topics and problems in program and research design regarding the integration and education of immigrant youth in U.S. educational systems.

ELP X94K.8. Urban Schools and Communities: Policies and Practices.

Advanced study of urban schools in America. Explore policies and practices that affect the performance of students, teachers, and leaders in urban contexts. Develop potential solutions to the challenges those schools currently face.

ELP X94K.9. Advanced Seminar: Race and Ethnic Relations.

Examine numerous historical factors and institutional processes as they relate to the historically poor achievement and attainment levels of minoritized youth in public schools. Explore the role of educational pedagogy, school-level policies and practices, as well as the role of ideology in mediating these outcomes.

ELP X94L. School Law.

ELP X94N. School District Instructional Leadership.

Connects educational leadership theories with teachers, teaching and student learning, understanding moral and ethical leadership, and building cultural competencies and practices across the school district. Explores common core standards, instructional frameworks, and content-specific instructional practices; differentiated instruction; and assessments of student learning.

ELP X94P. Personnel Administration: Managing Instructional Resources.

Functions of school personnel offices. Subjects include development of personnel administration; job descriptions; planning for personnel needs; recruitment, selection, and evaluation of personnel; and management of the personnel office.

ELP X94S. Superintendent Seminar.

Involves completion of a final portfolio that demonstrates knowledge, skills, and dispositions required of district level leaders. Students will draft a Professional Development Plan (PDP), considering their own progress in leadership development as determined by completing an Administrative Leadership Inventory and their unique practicum experiences. Students will address perceived program/personal professional gaps and address means to close them, and participate in further development experiences. Students will develop a working mentor relationship with a superintendent or district-level staff person to advance knowledge, skills, and practice emphasizing those areas of perceived need.

ELP X94T. Administrative Theory.

Covers leadership theory and models from multidisciplinary perspectives. Outlines the tasks associated with the role of the superintendent, along with processes, and relationships expected of the role.

ELP X95C. Capstone: Advanced Issues in Higher Education.

Develop research questions within an established area of study, prepare a problem statement and rationale for a proposed area of study, critically review the literature on a proposed area, and develop a proposed methodology for answering the research questions.

ELP X95D. Data Informed Leadership.

Examine school restructuring, renewal research, and systemic change processes since 1975. Study and evaluate school restructuring and renewal processes, and their underlying research bases, in conjunction with the influence patterns of teachers, principals, superintendents, school boards, parents, and state and national policy makers on the development and use of such concepts and processes.

ELP X95E. Research on College Students.

A study of both theoretical and practical issues related to research with, of, and on college students. Focus on applied research methods and strategies appropriate for most student affairs/services professionals

ELP X95H. History of Higher Education.

The development of higher education since the Middle Ages, with emphasis on the development of higher education in the United States.

ELP X95K. Topics in Higher Education in Educational Leadership and Policy.

Administrative organization, functions, and practices within colleges and universities; roles of the administrator and principles of effective administrative practice; intensive study in selected areas of college operation.

ELP X95K.1. Comparative Higher Education.

Examination of the higher education systems and institutions of selected countries.

ELP X95K.10. Problems of College Teaching and Learning.

Hands-on, project-based. Explores problems of college teaching and learning through a past, present, and future lens. Survey of the full ecosystem of the college campus as opposed to just the traditional classroom. Covers investigating and designing interventions for pedagogical and learning problems within various units on college or university campuses.

ELP X95K.11. Critical Consciousness in Higher Education.

Introduction to foundational historical and theoretical issues for the critical study of higher education diversity work. Examines the ways institutions of higher education and student affairs areas enact change around issues of difference, identity, oppression, and social justice. Integrates questions of identity with those of social justice, and explores understanding self and others.

ELP X95K.12. Higher Education Budgeting and Finance.

An overview of higher education finance, including the economics of higher education, the principles and practices of financing higher education, the costs of higher education, and higher education budgeting concepts as they apply to institutions and to states.

ELP X95K.13. Administrative Leadership in Higher Education.

ELP X95K.14. Institutional Research and Planning.

Study of the ways planning and governance are informed by data collection, analysis, and information-use strategies in order to improve institutions of higher education. Institutional research and planning functions in colleges and universities.

ELP X95K.15. The American Professorate.

ELP X95K.16. Policy Issues in Higher Education.

ELP X95K.17. Assessment in Higher Education.

Focus on the administrative and educational requirements for assessing student learning outcomes in higher education. Covers methodologies, basic approaches, politics, ethics and other concerns related to college student assessment. Analyzes the variety of learning outcomes for a diverse set of programs and services (i.e., counseling, health, judicial affairs, first-year student programs, career services) as well as understand the administrative components of an effective assessment program within a higher education setting.

ELP X95K.18. Ethical Leadership and Governance.

Examine levels of governance in higher education, issues of equity, codes of ethics in educational professions, treatment of students, and other issues that face administrators of educational systems from the point of view of various ethical systems. Prepare leaders for the ethical dimensions of educational decisions and governance, study foundational theories of ethics, and the strategies required for effective higher education leaders. Refine personal leadership values and qualities, and application of leadership theories to contemporary contexts.

ELP X95K.19. Leadership for Social Justice, Equity and Inclusion.

Build critical consciousness, capacity to lead for equity and excellence, social justice, and anti-racism within integrated settings. Explore foundational and current issues related to research-based knowledge on equity, social justice, and inclusion in higher education. Investigate the concept of equity from different theoretical perspectives and obtain an understanding of inequality from a structural, organizational, and individual level.

ELP X95K.2. Leadership in Higher Education.

Examination of foundational theories, leadership strategies in higher education, personal leadership values and qualities, and application of leadership theories to contemporary contexts.

ELP X95K.20. Research Design Theories and Literature Review.

An introduction to the design of educational research with a focus on literature reviews and research theories. Explore how to identify research sources; organize, summarize, and synthesize information in writing; and prepare and utilize effective research questions. Study theoretical perspectives of research design, principles of data collection, analysis and drawing conclusions from data.

ELP X95K.21. LGBTQ+ Histories, Identities, and Contexts in Higher Education.

Explore historical, institutional, and systemic relationships between lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer(+) people and higher education. Examine scholarship and practice in both educational policy and student affairs.

ELP X95K.22. Educational Crises and Emergency Response.

Examine multiple perspectives on campus crises, including institutional and individual impact to administrator and community response and disaster relief. Explore social nuances of crisis, including campus racial incidents, student loss, mental health, and the impact of politics in and on education.

ELP X95K.23. College Student Governance and Involvement.

From organizations as involvement to governing in campus-level and elected leadership capacities, explore historical origins and current events and literature to build deeper context for higher education and student affairs scholars and practitioners.

ELP X95K.24. Synthesizing Research Literature.

Explore the nuances associated with writing an academic literature review, including understanding purpose and argument, and responding to topical questions with relevant scholarship and literature.

ELP X95K.25. Sociology of Education.

Explore the subfield of the sociology of education. Assess the current state of the field, emphasizing connections to formative theoretical perspectives and seminal empirical results. Examine the ways in which schools reproduce, reinforce, and challenge the prevailing social, economic, and political relationships in society. Discuss why people go to school (both K-12 and higher education), who has access, and the effects of educational institutions on individuals, communities, and society.

ELP X95K.3. Community Colleges.

History of the values, purpose, and mission of community colleges, with an overview of major functions such as transfer, workforce development, adult basic education, and continuing education. Explores various models of community college governance, funding sources, and alternative funding models.

ELP X95K.4. Gender in Higher Education.

Examination of gender within higher education contexts.

ELP X95K.5. Equity and Diversity in Higher Education.

Examines the legal, educational and public policy issues related to college access, educational equity, and racial/ethnic diversity in American higher education.

ELP X95K.6. Legislative Issues in Higher Education.

Focus on legislative and policy issues in Texas higher education, with an attendant focus on the national policy context. Provides an overview of the state-level policy making process and addresses various policy issues related to higher education access, equity, finance, governance, diversity, and more.

ELP X95K.7. Gender and Adult Development.

Utilizes historical, stage, sociocultural, narrative, and psychosocial approaches to examine adult development, primarily within a higher education context. Theories discussed include sexual identity, gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, cognitive development, psychological development, and moral development; plus the general development of women and men.

ELP X95K.8. Technology and Innovation in Higher Education.

Examines big ideas pertaining to technology and innovation in higher education with a particular focus on developing the ability to design strategic interventions aimed at educational improvement on American college and university campuses. Explores theories of innovation, the adoption of innovation, and process of designing and creating innovate solutions to contemporary problems in higher and post-secondary education.

ELP X95K.9. Multicultural Modes of Mentoring.

Examines literature of developmental relationships and concepts such as sponsorship, coaching, and role modeling with an emphasis on mentoring in higher educational settings. Participants will engage in self-reflective exercises pertaining to their own developmental relationships. Explores prominent mentoring programs on both on campus and in the larger Austin community.

ELP X95L. Higher Education Law.

Examine the most pressing legal issues that confront colleges and universities today and understand how administrators and lawyers can respond to advance the mission of higher education institutions, including priorities around equity and inclusion.

ELP X95S. Systems of Higher Education.

Introduction to the systems of American higher education. Overview of literature on historical and contemporary issues facing the system of American higher education.

ELP X96. Topics in P20 Education.

ELP X97. Educational Policy and Planning Seminar.

Provide professional development and advising tailored to PhD students in educational policy and planning. Build community, creating spaces for more interaction with faculty in the program area and with other students; socializes students into the culture of academia; and provides critical information to students regarding job opportunities, funding graduate education, and creating a professional identity.