UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2023-2024

Course: ELPS 688HE. Fieldwork in Higher Education (3)

Prerequisite: This course is restricted to candidates who have been admitted to the Master of Arts in Higher Education Leadership program. This course is designed to facilitate fieldwork in higher education administration with a focus on leadership through field research and professional experiences. Following ELPS 600HE where students develop skills to design and execute an action research project, the course focuses on both administrative and research fieldwork, with the use of data collection procedures typically utilized in both quantitative and qualitative research. The research fieldwork supports the development of knowledge and skills to gather information to support a systematic approach to problem solving in postsecondary educational environments. In addition, the administrative field experiences are in higher education settings, with a focus on leadership shadowing and participant observations in administrative settings. The course emphasizes applications of research design and procedures in institutional contexts in colleges and universities and focuses on systematic approaches to gathering information in the field and the development of leadership skills in real-life educational settings.

Spring-2024 - Schedule of Classes

ELPS 688HE

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