Higher Education Ed.D.

EDUC8651 This course explores the history of higher education in the United States from the nation's formation to the present. It will explore the competing purposes Americans envisioned for colleges and universities. The course explores student life, institutional access, and debates over the relationship between excellence and equity. It examines how colleges became centers of knowledge-making networks following World War II and the activism of the 1960's and 70's. In addition, this course will give students a broader perspective on contemporary practices and problems in higher education including current developments in admission practices.

EDUC8652 This course will provide an introduction to data software and systems used to fulfill internal and external reporting. Essentials of data theory and management will be covered. Students will learn about the structure and querying of student information data systems (e.g. Banner, Colleague, PeopleSoft, Oracle) with respect to internal, State and Federal reporting requirements. The use of common desktop data management software (e.g.Excel, Access, SPSS, SAS) to create tabular and descriptive statistical analysis to support internal decision making will also be covered, including auditing and strategic planning.

EDUC8654 This course will explore how leaders in higher education can implement technology-enabled practices that optimize student success for all of today's students and create a culture that promotes collaboration, innovation, and change. Through case-studies it will explore innovations that different higher education institutions have implemented successfully. It will explore online learning as a rapidly emerging framework for delivering instruction, as well as different technological applicatons, such as mobile technology, video conferencing, and content management systems.

EDUC8656 This course will examine the efforts related to recruitment, retention and graduation of students and how such work must be coordinated across the institution. It will also entail a focus upon revenue generation, rankings, enrollment projections and institutional decisions that reflect and respond to broad demographic, economic, political, and social forces respective to the needs of the institution to "craft an imocming class"

EDUC8657 This course will explore common strategies for building partnerships between employers and educators to help students enter the workforce better equipped to establish careers. There is a growing public concern about the return on investment (ROI) associated with higher education, which has created pressure for both public and private institutions to assume greater responsibility for students post graduation outcomes. This course will examine how leaders in higher education address this misalignment through articulations with community colleges and other universities, partnerships with local and national buisnesses and government agencies, and univeristy-wide initiatives.

EDUC8658 The purpose of the course is to critically review current policy issues in higher education. The policymaking process, as well as methods of policy analysis and policy research will be covered. This course will review higher education policy issues on the state and federal level that leaders will most likely confront, such as state budgets, affordability, student loans, economic and workforce development, imigration, and Title IX. It will also address policy issues impacting retention, graduation rates, and the satfisfaction and employment rates of graduates.

EDUC8659 Colleges and universities are increasingly using data analytics (i.e. predictive analytics) and visualization software (e.g. Tableau, Power BI) to analyze and benchmark student retention and graduation rates, as well as internal costs and productivity for improvement. This course will first cover predictive analytics and other regression based models as it is applied to marketing and admissions processes and predicting longitudinal student outcomes. The second half of the course will integrate the use of data visualization software to create interactive data models to enhance existing reporting as well as identify areas for institutional improvement.

EDUC8661 This course will cover why assessments in higher education are crucial in measuring the educational effectiveness and quality of an institution. Formative and summative data will be discussed, as well as the different levels of assessment that need to occur: assessment of student learning outcomes, assessment of disciplines and departments, and assessment of the institution . Instruments to collect data and methods of analysis will be covered.

EDUC8662 A comprehensive survey of the theoretical and practical aspects of descriptive and inferential statistical procedures --z tests, t tests, analysis of variance, correlation and regression analysis, and non-parametric. Emphasis is on why and when to use the various procedures as well as on the interpretation of statistical results.

EDUC8665 Continuation of the research project required of all Ed.D candidates in higher education.