LEAD 9101 Research Literature, Data Analysis and Decision Making: Application of applied research design, methods and techniques. The course will provide the doctoral student with guidance in the design of scientific research, data collection,data analysis strategies, and alternative designs for research questions and culminating projects. The course will emphasize both quantitative and qualitative approaches to public inquiry and problem-solving.
LEAD 9102 Theories and Ethics of Leadership: Examines the historical development of leadership theory and research, covering leadership in public (government and quasi-governmental) and private organizations, in Western and non-Western cultures, as well as a review of contemporary approaches to leadership. Topics and simulations include group processes, verbal and non-verbal communication, critical self-assessment of leadership qualities, team building, interpersonal relations, conflict management and ethical practices.
LEAD 9103 Finance and External Funding: Addresses issues of financial management at the federal, state and local government levels. Topics include: federal, state and local tax policy, not-for-profit finance, educational institutions finance, privatization, economic development, debt management, and the roles of rating agencies, investment bankers and investors. Emphasis is placed on identifying program/community needs, locating funding sources and programs, outlining a prospectus, writing a successful proposal; and discussing the reasons proposals fail.
LEAD 9104 Strategic Planning/Collaboration/Sustainability: This course focuses on the concepts of results-based strategic planning, critical inquiry, new assessment paradigms, collaboration and sustainability. The content will include authentic assessments of learning and processes, and broadening the base of responsibility for processes and results (outcomes). New knowledge about and use of information systems, integrating technology and high performance learning expectations, and the Chief Academic Officer’srole in the process will be addressed.
LEAD 9105 Community Relations/Media/Technology: Addresses the principles, knowledge, and skills related to effective interpersonal and public relations in educational, not-for-profit and public safety organizations. Emphasis is placed on communication theories and practices, interacting with various media venues, using various forms of technology, the social ecology of organizations, conflict and crisis management, community relations, strategic marketing, and legal and ethical considerations.
LEAD 9106 Change, Diversity and Global Issues: In this course, an in-depth exploration of opportunities and challenges posed by racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, linguistic, and other forms of cultural diversity in education will be addressed. Focus on research on the lived experiences and educational outcomes of students from diverse backgrounds and on the implications for policy, politics, organizational design and leadership practice.
EDAD 8836 Administration of School Personnel: Provides a general understanding of personnel functions in education. Decision-making and problem-solving involving school personnel and supervision will be emphasized. Functions of recruitment, assignment, development, coordination, compensation, appraisal, negotiations, in-service education, motivation and dismissal are included. Prerequisite: EDAD 6621.
EDAD 8838 Collective Negotiations: The development and establishment of collective bargaining with school district groups. Presentation of historical, sociological, and legal perspectives, as well as current issues in educational collective bargaining, roles of individuals in the bargaining process and effects in public sector. Participation in simulated collective bargaining exercises to prepare for negotiations, the use of table tactics and strategies, and dealing with impasse resolution and the impact on school budgets. Prerequisite: EDAD 6621.
EDAD 8842 The Politics of Education: Examines school systems as politically-influenced entities. Topics include the politics of school governance, strategies of lobbying and negotiation, policy development and implementation, and the use of power, influence and authority. Focuses on the relationship of these topics to system problems such as diminishing resources and dropping achievement. Students will apply political skills through role-playing and simulation. Prerequisite: Permission of dean of the College of Education.
EDAD 8860 The Dynamics of School Climate: Examines the dynamics of the relationship among school administration, the community, and the teachers‘ union and provides strategies for affecting productive working relations among these and other involved groups. The superintendent‘s role as mediator, negotiator, problem-solver, and strategist is treated as it relates to influencing the school atmosphere. Prerequisites: Experience as school administrator and permission of dean of the College of Education.
EDAD 9101 Finance for Superintendents: Emphasizes the role of chief operational manager of the District that the Superintendent might fill. District budgetary decisions will be examined focusing on the vision and mission of the District. Maximizing revenues and efficiently allocating expenditures based on student achievement. Coordinating external services including architectural and internal auditing.
EDAD 9102 Education for Diversity: Prioritizing the need to service the entire PK-12 educational community including, but not limited to, Special Education, bilingual, low-income and gifted education. Utilizing the concepts of Multiple and Emotional Intelligence to enhance student learning and to reduce any achievement gaps. Promote community outreach to ensure social justice for all students.
EDAD 9103 Curriculum/Assessment: Evaluate the District‘s system of assessment and its alignment to curriculum aimed at analyzing student growth at all levels PK-12. Supervising all resources that includes teaching and support staff. Planning for the utilization of technology to facilitate the creation of the District‘s instructional mission and vision.
EDAD 9104 Facilities and Sustainability: Analyzing the role and responsibility of the Superintendent in managing the building and grounds program. Prioritizing the assurance of the safety and security of all staff and students. Developing plans for facilities based on maximum student growth and enrollment projections. Understanding the principles of debt capacity to secure financing for capital projects.
EDAD 9330 Advanced School Law: Analyzes school district governance from the superintendent's perspective; primarily the role of the school board and policy development, federal and state governments, the instructional program, employee rights and responsibilities, student rights and responsibilities, tort liability, district records, contracts and discrimination issues. Preventive law will be emphasized.
EDAD 9340 The Superintendency - Issues and Trends: Analyzes the role and responsibilities of the superintendent with respect to the Illinois School Superintendent Standards, for example, facilitating a vision of educational excellence, learning environment and instructional program, management, collaboration with families and communities, and knowledge of laws, regulations and professional ethics.
EDAD 9350 District Improvement Planning: Emphasizes the alignment of all improvement planning to the district's mission and vision by using a collaborative process among district stakeholders; analyzes the five essentials needed to meet the Illinois Learning Standards and the Common Core Standards, i.e., leadership, parent-community ties, professional capacity, student-centered learning climate and instructional guidance.
HEAD 9101 Leadership in Colleges and Universities: This course addresses the theories and practices of leadership as applied to two- and four- year institutions. Topics include organizational behavior, leadership styles, institutional culture, communications, group decision-making, problem solving, conflict resolution, organizational theory, and career planning and development.
HEAD 9102 Organization, Governance, and Campus Culture in Higher Education: This course explores the diversity and distinct goals of two and four-year institutions of higher education. Institutional structures and cultures within the educational, cultural, social, economic and political structures are examined. The impact of governance structures on mission, vision, and purpose of institutions is discussed. Emphasis is placed on organizational development, improvement and reform.
HEAD 9103 Strategic Planning in Higher Education: This course provides an overview of the concept and processes associated with strategic planning in higher education. Emphasis is placed on the need for strategic planning and the dynamics of the university-based strategic planning process. Challenges and issues in planning are explored. Students will examine basic models of strategic planning and work through the steps of a strategic planning process.
HEAD 9105 Theories of Teaching and Learning in Adult Education: Theories and conceptual frameworks for adult learning are examined and explored in this course. Topics such as adult learner motivation, nontraditional and traditional students, the impact of life stages on learning, learning modalities, best practices to support and enhance adult learning, social contexts for learning and recent trends are explored.
HEAD 9104 Political and Legal Issues in Higher Education: This course provides in-depth analyses of the legal structure and political landscape of higher education including academic freedom, employment, collective bargaining, due process, student rights, campus security, accreditation issues, affirmative action, tort liability, and other political and legal issues.
HEAD 9106 Student Affairs in Higher Education: This course addresses student development theories as applied to various models for administering student services in community colleges and four-year colleges and universities. Current trends and issues in the management and maintenance of student affairs programs in higher education and research in student affairs administration are explored.
HEAD 9201 Accountability and Accreditation in Colleges and Universities: This course addresses the accountability and accreditation responsibilities in higher education. National and regional accrediting standards and their impact on the college and university are addressed. Discussion on the assessment of general education, the academic majors, affective student learning, retention, employment suitability and follow-up, and other aspects of accountability will be explored.
HEAD 9202 Business and Fiscal Management in Colleges and Universities: This course examines the fiscal and economic dimensions of higher education. Topics include: size and scale of higher education and its historical development; appropriations and taxing authority; tuition-setting; gifts, investments and endowment; ―functional‖ and ―natural‖ distributions of spending; dilemmas of cost control; capital projects, debt financing and debt capacity; fiscal and compliance audits; and the use of financial indices and ratios as measures of institutional financial health.
HEAD 9203 Emerging Trends in Higher Education: This course will examine the current trends in higher education in America and abroad. Focus will be placed on the need for different types of leadership, program design, and delivery models. The role of higher education in promoting educational attainment, civic engagement, sustainability, and globalization is explored. Contemporary policy issues are also addressed.
HEAD 9001 Independent Study in Higher Education or Elective: Projects as assigned. Prerequisite: special approval
HEAD 9002 Special Topics in Higher Education or Elective: These seminars involve specialty topics designed to enhance the knowledge, skills and abilities of Higher Education Administration concentration doctoral students. Possible topics may include: Globalization of the Curriculum, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity Issues, Sustainability and Resource Management, and Organizational Communications in Higher Education. Topics will change each semester.
NPSE 9101 Public Relations for Not for Profit Organizations: Explores marketing and public relations theory and practice in the not-for-profit sector. The role of strategic communications campaigns in supporting mission attainment is examined. Public relations processes and marketing strategies that identify organizational strengths and communicate to a broad range of stakeholders are described. Methods for publicizing accomplishments and organizational goals through communication, media usage, and research practices are described.
NPSE 9102 Public Policy and Finance for Not-for-Profits – Foundation: Introduces useful financial practices for persons aiming for general management careers in not-for-profit organizations and who have little or no previous training or experience in accounting and finance. Topics include: financial decision-making techniques; capital budgeting and debt financing; endowment management; financial accounting and reporting principles for not-for-profits; and analysis of financial statements.
NPSE 9103 Government and Governmental Relations: Examines the evolving topic of intergovernmental relations among federal, state, and local governments. The structure of American political institutions, the nature of complex policymaking, governance by networks, and the consequences of cooperation and competition between governments is explored. Challenges presented to administrators and policy-makers by the balance of shared powers between the layers and institutions of government are explored.
NPSE 9104 Applied Management for Not for Profit Organizations: Addresses the management and governance of nonprofit organizations. Topics include the legal establishment of not-for-profit organizations, industry analysis, strategic planning, crisis prevention policies and practices, design of volunteer programs, governance systems, management of the dynamics of staff and board, and ethics and stakeholder accountability. Specific theories and tools for leaders of not-for-profit organizations are explored.
NPSE 9105 Law for Not-for-Profit Organizations: Analyzes case studies to present the big picture of public law and public administration. Focus is placed on major stakeholders in the legal system, how the public and private law systems and processes diverge and come together, and how the public law system, its institutions and processes incorporate public administration. Specific sections include constitutional politics, the transformation of policy proposals into regulatory programs, and constitutional limits on government action and others.
NPSE 9106 Issues and Trends for Not-for-Profits: Explores political, environmental, social, and technological factors that influence contemporary not-for-profit organizations. Innovative strategies for managing, financing, and marketing not-for-profit organizations are emphasized. Methods for diagnosing evolving challenges and opportunities for not-for-profit organizations are studied. Theoretical, empirical, and practical sources for understanding modern not-for-profit organizations are analyzed.
NPSE 9107 Special Topics in Not-for-Profits: Experts in the field present selected topics covering new developments in the field of not-for-profit leadership. Includes discussion of the topics and the implications for theory and practice. Participants have an opportunity to discuss the new developments and, where appropriate, apply techniques and skills. Prerequisites: Vary depending on topic.
NPSE 9201 Public Policy and Finance for Not-for-Profits – Advanced: Analyzes budget structure and process, revenue structure and administration, and public capital acquisition and debt management. An applied focus and comparative analysis of alternative budget, revenue, and debt management are emphasized. Accumulation, management, and investment of public funds and the accounting for those transactions are covered. Fund accounting, cash forecasting, cash management practices and public funds investment strategies are addressed.
NPSE 9202 Strategic Planning: Sustainable Collaborations: Examines fundamental concepts and techniques used to create and evaluate strategic plans, how to use traditional sustainability factors when assessing organizational growth, and how to develop organizational collaborative initiatives. Revenue sharing, citizen participation, human resources, the role of politics in decision making, and organizational culture are explored. The interaction between organizations and the external environment is also examined.
NPSE 9203 Advanced Social Entrepreneurship: Explores the process of developing new ventures with dual missions of social benefit and financial return on investment. A framework for understanding issues facing new social ventures is provided through historical and contemporary theories. Strategies for finding solutions to societal problems and evaluating market opportunities for emerging social ventures are explored. Social entrepreneurship management and marketing strategies are also explored.
NPSE 9204 Advanced Organizational Behavior: Addresses behavior in organizations from a multi-level perspective by examining individual, group, organization, and other contextual factors. Topics include individual and organizational learning, macro and micro ethics and values, individual differences and behavior at work, group dynamics, problem solving and innovation, managing diversity, leadership and decision making, and organizational design and culture. Strategies for managing change in organizations are emphasized.
PSJS 9101 Budgeting and Planning in Public Safety: In the public safety realm fiscal and personnel planning differs from the education, private, and business sectors. Some planning factors are driven by public safety accreditation standards. Others are driven by the unique staffing patterns in policing and corrections. This course will teach public safety professionals fiscal and personnel advanced planning methodologies pertinent to their field.
PSJS 9102 Intergovernmental Relations in Public Safety: This course provides students with an understanding of the relationships between government entities and public safety agencies (hierarchically and laterally). These relationships involve police, prosecutors, corrections officials, local government officials, school officials and other public safety officials. This course covers the planning and cultivation of such collaborative, productive relationships. It examines ethical issues in conducting affairs with political and governmental entities in the public safety realm.
PSJS 9103 Emerging Trends I: The Justice System: This course entails an examination of current and anticipated models and approaches for service delivery and goal attainment in the adult and juvenile justice systems, including organizational approaches, research and the evidence base regarding cost efficiency and effectiveness, and the role and utilization of technology.
PSJS 9104 Emerging Trends II: Public Safety: This course entails an examination of current and anticipated models and approaches for service delivery and goal attainment in the public safety sector (excluding the formal justice system), including organizational approaches, research and the evidence base regarding cost efficiency and effectiveness, and the role and utilization of technology.
PSJS 9105 Outreach and Collaboration in Public Safety: This course examines strategies for outreach and collaboration in the public safety sector.
PSJS 9106 Specialized Operations in Public Safety: This course examines the design, operation, and management of specialized units in public safety (such as: narcotics task forces, SWAT teams, and anti-terrorism units), the deployment of these assets within the public arena, and ethical issues and dilemmas regarding the development and implementation of such specialized operations.
PSJS 9201 Social Action, Cultural Perspectives, and Problem Solving in Public Safety: This course introduces new developments in public safety problem solving (for example, Smart policing, and Intelligence-led policing, therapeutic jurisprudence, and restorative justice), as well as social action approaches utilized when citizens and/or geographical areas require specialized attention from public safety agencies. In addition, the course will explore different cultural perceptions of crime (primarily within the U.S.) as they relate to coordinated responses to crime problems.
PSJS 9202 Public Safety Research Methods: This course examines specific research methods applicable to the public safety field, such as needs assessment, crime analysis, time series analysis and forecasting, quasi-experimental designs, community and victim surveys, and focus groups. Seminal, paradigm-changing research that has significantly influenced public safety policy and practice will be reviewed as will current research in the public safety arena.
PSJS 9203 Intrapersonal Leadership and Ethics in Public Safety: This course guides students through a personal assessment of leadership characteristics, utilizing different tools to measure the individual‘s strengths and focus on self-enhancement to better assist in ethical decision making (for example, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and the Buckingham Strength Test). Students will develop personal leadership statements and leadership improvement action plans, and will participate in scenario-based learning exercises.
PSJS 9204 Ethical Organizational Leadership in Public Safety: This course merges organization and systems theory with leadership theory. It teaches students how to develop ethical management practices within justice organizations, how to design effective ethics and leadership training, and how to produce more ethical behavior and decision making in the organization and in the community.
PSJS 9001 Special Topics in Public Safety: This course offers focused instruction on emerging topics and issues in public safety. (1-3 hours, repeatable)