Creating the Future of American Postsecondary Education

EDU A701 Subject & Catalog Number

Description

Students will become deeply familiar with the contemporary American postsecondary education landscape, gaining an understanding of its great strengths and many challenges, and will develop their own professional vision around their contributions to the field for years to come. First, we will examine key data and trends to better understand the student journey into and through postsecondary education. Our analysis will include how different groups of students are served before, during, and after their postsecondary education experience relative to race and ethnicity, gender, income-level, and other factors. We will then turn to an exploration of selected major issues that postsecondary education administrators and policymakers will likely continue to grapple with into the future and develop strategies about ways forward. Throughout the class, students will develop and strengthen fundamental professional skills and have opportunities to reflect upon career options and develop professional networks.

This course is limited to students enrolled in the Higher Education Concentration