EL 611 - Contemporary American Higher Education

(4 credits)

Provides students with a broad understanding of contemporary American higher education through an examination of its current status and emerging future. Includes an examination of how higher education is organized, financed and governed at national, state, and local levels. Students will also examine the contemporary issues, policy debates, core values, political forces, and national trends impacting higher education.

Prerequisite(s): Student must have a Master’s degree and be admitted to the Post-Master’s Graduate Certificate in Higher Education program, the Master of Science in Nursing: Nursing Education program, or by permission of the instructor.

Course revisions made after the Graduate Catalog publication date will be posted in the Graduate Catalog Addendum.