Course Offerings

Descriptions: Historical and current trends in educational governance, policymaking, and administration. Analyses of K-12 and higher education issues at the federal, state, and local levels. Special emphasis on education reform issues specific to New York State.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Impact of law on educational policy and practice at all levels of American education. Emphasizes constitutional principles, especially those deriving from first and fourth amendments. Topics include public-private distinction, freedom of speech, academic freedom and tenure, due process rights of students and teacher, and equal protection guarantees.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Special course, not part of the pattern of regular offerings, designed to meet particular nonrecurring needs. Available for department use and subject to department approval.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Historical and current trends in educational governance, policymaking, and administration. Analyses of K-12 and higher education issues at the federal, state, and local levels. Special emphasis on education reform issues specific to New York State.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Examination of the implications of public policy research and implementation from a feminist perspective; the coherence or lack of it amongst different models of public policy formation, different perspectives on specific public policy issues and different orientations within the women's movement.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Impact of law on educational policy and practice at all levels of American education. Emphasizes constitutional principles, especially those deriving from first and fourth amendments. Topics include public-private distinction, freedom of speech, academic freedom and tenure, due process rights of students and teacher, and equal protection guarantees.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Overview of concepts and theories essential to the understanding of educational organizations. Emphasizes organizational structure and processes. Includes topics such as structure, technology, goals, controls, power, conflict, communication, leadership, motivation, environmental/ interorganizational relations, effectiveness, and change.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Examines the historical and social context of educational leadership. Identifies environmental factors that impinge upon the functioning of school, postsecondary, adult, and other educational administrators. Selected issues related to the economics, sociology and politics of education are analyzed.    CLOSE

Descriptions: The usefulness of economic analysis in the study of education and educational policy, including methods of economic analysis, determinants of economic and educational success, effects of education on equality, equity, and allocative efficiency, public v. private production of education in a democratic society.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Applies the concepts and techniques of the economics of education to current issues concerning manpower planning and human capital development and utilization. Emphasizes planning issues in less developed as well as developed nations. Prerequisite: EAPS 602 or consent of instructor.   CLOSE

Descriptions: The leadership of schools and school systems from the perspective of sociology. The relationships between education and other societal subsystems are treated in historical and comparative perspective. Particular attention is given to the nexus between schools, the economy, the polity, and systems of social stratification.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Concepts and theories from sociology and social psychology selected for their relevance to organizational behavior. Stresses the relations between research findings and application to organizational problems. Topics include individual differences, attitude formation and change, perception, motivation, influence processes, and group formation as they affect both individuals and educational organizations.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Relationship of ethical theories to education. Consideration given to absolutist and relativist ethical positions; the possibility of teaching people to be ethical, and contemporary theories of social justice.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Introduction to the theory and practice of labor-management relations and collective bargaining in education. Includes legal and social context, history, and process of bargaining in elementary- secondary and higher education. Relation of bargaining to administration of labor agreements.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Introduction to fundamental themes in the politics of education. Uses concepts from political science and administration to help analyze the political side of contemporary issues in educational administration and policy studies. Relates educational politics to broader political patterns.    CLOSE

Descriptions: The nature and practice of organizational development (OD) in formal organizations. Concepts, objectives, values, processes, techniques, design, and implementation of OD programs in educational settings.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Introduction to the basic methods of quantitative analysis for leadership and management in educational settings. Topics include methods for description, modeling, forecasting, inference, and presentation of data relevant to monitoring, assessment, and planning in education. Includes use of spreadsheet and other analytical tools.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Analysis of school improvement-oriented partnerships with families, community organizations, and neighborhood associations with special emphasis on health and social service agencies, youth development organizations, and local coalitions.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Examines the context, purposes, concepts and uses of instructional supervision from the perspective of the school leader. Stresses application of models and methods of evaluation for accountability and quality control and for professional development. Includes practical experience through classroom observation, analysis of portfolios, and case-based methods.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Application of the basic principalship responsibilities to the administration of the modern elementary school. Prerequisite: EAPS 500 or equivalent.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Literature, research, concepts, and skills related to leadership staff development, decision-making, communication, evaluation, and in-service education at the secondary level. Emphasizes principal's leadership role as well as current issues affecting the conduct of the secondary school.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Practices, issues, and principles of district-level leadership with regard to school board, intergovernmental relations, and effective communication with the community. Emphasis is placed on school district leaders working effectively with school board members and with senior school district managers in developing and implementing district policies and managing district affairs.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Fundamental concepts of management of financial and human resources, as applied to schools and school districts. Stresses the application of principles of budgeting, human resource deployment, and the utilization of facilities. Topics include planning, budget development and administration recruitment, appointment of staff, and regulations concerning personnel administration.   CLOSE

Descriptions: This course examines K-12 education policy from an economic perspective. Economic principles are applied to issues of resource allocation, finance, and the behaviors of key stakeholders. Topics include: models of student achievement with particular focus on the role of resources, school finance teacher labor markets, and the effect of various forms of school choice. Prerequisites: Pad 503, Aps 602, or permission of instructor.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Series of seminars by field practitioners on selected current topics in school business management. Includes recent legislation, school-banking relations, negotiations for noninstructional personnel, self-insurance, and OSHA regulations. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Analysis of controls in higher education; internal organizational patterns, roles of trustees, administrative personnel, and faculties. The impact of teaching, research, criticism, and sanctions on the differentiation of institutional goals. Prerequisite: consent of department chair.    CLOSE

Descriptions: An introduction to the roles and functions of student affairs in American higher education, including historical origins, philosophical underpinnings, and current issues facing student affairs administrators.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Historical and sociological contexts of the two-year college in America; consideration of the purposes, roles, and trends in the development and structure of the two-year college.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Procedures and practices related to recruitment, selection, orientation, promotion, compensations, grievances, leaves, negotiations, and retirement. Staff and trustee participation in college governance.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Application of the methods and findings of sociology to universities and other institutions of higher education. Emphasis on the social and intellectual consequences of forms of academic organization and the social backgrounds and cultures of students and faculty.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Development of institutions of, practices in, and ideas about higher education from their medieval European origins to contemporary universities and other institutions of higher education in the United States and in comparative perspective.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Political aspects of higher education. Focus on contemporary policy issues. Emphasizes relationships between institutions and external actors, especially governments. Political relationship with institutions. Concepts from political science are used to investigate who governs, autonomy-accountability balances, public interest, and power distribution.   CLOSE

Descriptions:Introduction to/and overview of management functions in educational organizations, including: planning, organizing, leading, staffing and controlling, with a focus on modern management techniques and practical applications. Students will be involved in management-related projects.   CLOSE

Descriptions: The course provides an introduction to modern survey methodology through current literature and links to in-practice surveys that offer an overview of both the theoretical and practical aspects of survey research. Students practice developing questions, designing questionnaires and conducting mini-small-scale! surveys. Particular attention is paid to decision-making processes in designing a survey as well as to research in cognitive psychology that informs questionnaire development. Beyond designing and conducting survey research, the course covers organizing data, interpreting results and writing reports.    CLOSE

Descriptions: A study of the forces influencing the development of education in modern industrialized nations. Special emphasis on comparative methodology in research dealing with the social, economic, and political causes and consequences of the structure of education systems.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Production and use of analysis to inform educational decisions and policies. Acquaint student with the nature and methods of applied inquiry in education and to help them develop skills for conceptualizing fundamental educational problems, frame problems for analysis, develop recommendations for action, forecast potential consequences of implementing such recommendations.   CLOSE

Descriptions: This course explores school reform and educational policy by investigating current school improvement models and education initiatives focusing on their relation to educational leadership and instructional practice.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Principles of educational information service. Constructive method of continuous community education. Sociological basis of public relations. Analysis of current educational reports and publications. Practice in the production of public relations materials.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Definition and determination of staff needs. Policies for recruitment, selection, assignment, salary planning, promotion, grievances, professional development, evaluation, benefits, and services. Concepts and practice of labor-management relations and collective bargaining in education, with attention to legal and social context, bargaining process, and relation of bargaining to leadership and governance.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Administration of education by state and federal governments, internal organization and coordination of agencies and bureaus, changing roles and relationships of government as they affect educational leadership.    CLOSE

Descriptions: The legal, political, social, and educational implications of current federal and state statutes and court rulings concerning the education of pupils with handicapping conditions. Planning, implementation, and monitoring of programs for the handicapped within these legal mandates.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Federal and selected state statutory provisions and administrative regulations relevant to educating special needs students. Particular emphasis is given to recent judicial, legislative, and policy developments. An overview of the legal basis of education, the structure and function of the judicial system, and the import of the U.S. Constitution is provided.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Examines organizational/administrative issues at three levels (societal/gov't, district/school, and classroom). Covers: historical perspectives on literacy, current philosophies/theories, federal and state regulations, supervision techniques, district-and-school-level reform (professional development, selection of materials/strategies, curriculum reform, assessment, etc.), classroom organization for literacy instruction (materials, grouping practices, etc.), evaluation of literacy initiatives.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Individual and group study and discussion of specific problems involving principles of educational administration. Designed for students in the master's program.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Special course, not part of the pattern of regular offerings, designed to meet particular nonrecurring needs. Available for department use and subject to department approval.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Emphasis on personal and interpersonal management skills acquisition within a case study/role play format; combines conceptual learning and behavioral practice. Topics include developing self awareness, managing personal stress, solving problems creatively, establishing supportive communication, gaining power and influence, motivating employees, delegating, decision making, managing conflict and conducting meetings.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Supervised independent study designed to meet particular needs in master's level programs. Prerequisite: consent of department.    CLOSE

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Descriptions: This course surveys major contributions of organizational theory and management through readings and discussion of classical and contemporary texts. Participants will learn to explore, appreciate, and critique different theoretical systems and frameworks and to apply them to the study of an organizational problem of current interest in education.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Critical issues in the application of social science methodologies to an understanding of the environmental context in which educational administration operates. Attention is paid to the contribution of specific disciplines, e.g., anthropology, economics, political science, sociology, social psychology.    CLOSE

Descriptions:Survey of research methods and designs applicable to topics in educational administration, decision making, and policy analysis with emphasis on how to choose effective methods and the consequences of those choices. Prerequisite: Passing department's statistics qualifying examination.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Designed to provide the student with experience in actual research design and conduct concerning administrative and policy study areas and issues. The final product will be a 20- to 30-page research prospectus, which may subsequently provide background for the student's dissertation proposal.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Literature and research on leadership. Differing approaches to understanding education leadership, as well as to conditions that relate to the application of varying leadership styles and strategies. Personality, situational, motivational, political, and organizational factors and approaches are compared. Conditions which affect educational leader/manager effectiveness.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Analysis of leadership for school, family, and community partnerships with special emphasis on how schools can leverage and strengthen family and community resources for leaning, success in school, and healthy development. Topics include interprofessional and community collaboration, parent empowerment, school-linked services, after school programs, and community development strategies.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Working with the administrative staff, selection and assignment of teachers, curriculum and daily schedule, office routine, internal organization, special services, semi-public functions, relations with the State Department of Education, research and surveys, and the local community.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Policies to guide growth and development; application of techniques for decision making; use of planning models.    CLOSE

Descriptions: The political relationships of compulsory public education and public-assisted postsecondary education to private and independent schools. Focus on financial management, certification, and the implications of voucher and tuition tax credit policies.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Advanced topics in the study of labor-management relations in elementary, secondary, and higher education. Topics include models of bargaining behavior, role of labor activities on governance and operations, dispute resolution and the impacts of labor policies. Course activities include analysis of selected research literature and design of empirical studies. Prerequisite: EAPS 607 or equivalent.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Concepts and practices of district-level school business management, with emphasis on theoretical issues and practical, district and state-level policy issues related to budgeting and finance. Applications include effective linking of school business management to learning and achieving equity for children and taxpapers.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Explores current issues in educational finance. Prerequisite EAPS 631 or consent of instructor.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Advanced topics in the study of administration in organization providing learning opportunities for adults. Topics include assessing needs, inter- and intra-organizational linkage, community education, leadership, community relations, evaluation. Course activities include analysis of selected research.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Trends and research in the politics of educational governance. Relationship of courts, legislature, executive, and educational agencies in state politics. Interactions of local boards, citizen groups, teacher federations, and administrators within local school systems. Students complete in-depth case study or analysis of significant political issue in education.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Analysis of higher education in the United States. Investment nature of higher education decisions, the definition and estimation of benefits and costs, and the alternative private and public means of financing. Prerequisite: EAPS 602 or consent of instructor.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Impact of laws, regulations, and judicial opinions on institutions of higher education. Legal issues involved in various controversies coextensive with inquiry regarding the educational and policy implications of the legal cases considered.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Interdisciplinary research seminar where faculty, graduate students, and visiting scholars share interests in higher education research. A variety of perspectives from academic disciplines (economics, history, political science, sociology, etc.). Seminar attempts to make disciplinary inquiry more useful to the policy-making process in higher education.   CLOSE

Descriptions: The seminar analyses the issues, theoretical models, research and practice on college choice and persistence. It presents case studies to illustrate how theory and research informs institutional practices.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Analysis of innovative instructional program, research methodologies, and community partnerships in engaged universities with special attention to the human service professions. Topics include service learning, community-based research, and interprofessional education. Barriers, constraints, and facilitators for engagement are explored, along with the implication for faculty careers and faculty evaluation system.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Organization and management of the two-year college as a distinct sector of postsecondary education. Topics include administrative concepts and functions such as finance, governance, and management of academic programs. Major field-based project required.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Survey and synthesis of the basic literature and concepts from both the micro and macro levels of analysis in the knowledge base of the field. Designed to develop the analytical and support skills necessary to independent inquiry and advanced professional scholarship. Prerequisite: EAPS 600 and 601 or consent of instructor.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Major recent trends in organizational theory and theory in behavioral and social science as applied to educational administration.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Special topics seminar on advanced or specialized research methods in the study of education policy and organizational leadership. Topics will vary, but will draw on the instructor's expertise with applying cutting-edge data collection or analysis techniques to the study of educational institutions and systems. Students may repeat this course as the topic changes.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Use of the computer as a tool in the management of an educational institution. Students are expected to apply the computer to real/simulated management problems.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Role of formal schooling in the economic and social transformation of developing nations. Outcomes of educational policy and the dilemmas of micro- and macro-educational planning.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Comprehensive survey of legal and statutory materials relevant to K-12 educational leadership. Topics include: structure and function of the legal system; the rights/responsibilities of professional personnel and students; torts, contract, and school-district property issues; and church-state relations. Designed for principals and district-wide leaders.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Major law-related educational controversies that have reshaped educational policy in the last 25 years. The law and its interaction with educational policy practice considered within the framework of the definition and implementation of the goal of equal educational opportunity.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Individual and group study of specific problems in the leadership of educational organizations. Includes the completion of a field-based case analysis or project. May be repeated for students seeking multiple certification.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Part I of a year-long research seminar for experienced administrators in the doctoral program. Concentrates on a different substantive theme each year, and stresses applying research to problems in educational administration and policy making. Requirement of major research project resulting in a paper assessing a policy problem and presenting research-based recommendations for solutions. Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Part II of year-long research seminar (same description as for EAPS 800).    CLOSE

Descriptions: A special course, not part of the pattern of regular offerings, designed to meet non-recurring needs.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Designed to meet the needs of students in advanced programs. Prerequisite: consent of department    CLOSE

Descriptions: Required of all doctoral students in EAPS. Theoretical and practical aspects of research design, problem definition, and application of research methodology. Advancement of student's dissertation proposal to stage of departmental review hearing. Prerequisite: completion of all doctoral core requirements. Normally taken during or subsequent to residency year.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Participation in planned experiences which emphasize the student's professional objective. Includes a seminar.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Participation in a year-long internship experience leading to New York State certification in school leadership. The first course of a three-course sequence. Includes a seminar.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Participation in a year-long internship experience leading to New York State certification in school leadership. The second course of a three-course sequence. Includes a seminar.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Participation in a year-long internship experience leading to New York State certification in school leadership. The third course of a three-course sequence. It builds on the experiences gained in EAPS 896 and 897. Includes a seminar.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Required of all candidates completing the doctoral degree.    CLOSE

Descriptions: An examination of the methods of philosophy and its application to educational issues. Topics considered include social justice, moral education and theories of learning and knowledge. These topics are examined in the context of historic and contemporary philosophical writings.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Interdisciplinary study of the theory, practice, and problems of tolerance. Stressing the historical origins of, the theoretical justifications for, and the sociopolitical conditions conducive to tolerance as well as those factors impeding it.   CLOSE

Descriptions: Inquiry into educational policies, purposes, and ideas based upon the resources and insights of the humanities and the social sciences. Only one of EEST 300 and EEST 301 may be taken for credit. Prerequisite(s): junior or senior class standing.    CLOSE

Descriptions: Independent reading, study, and research in educational and social thought. Prerequisite(s): junior or senior class st anding and consent of department.   CLOSE