Welcome to the course Administration in Higher Education. This course covers administration in higher education, with particular application to educational programs in the health professions. The course is divided into five modules. It meets for five evenings, five hours/evening: January 10, 17, 24,31, & February 7. Each evening, the topics for discussion are listed, discussion questions provided to guide the discussion, and a list of references, most of which you may click on the link to access. Class handouts appear in the form of downloadable pdfs. Prior to the first evening of class, I suggest you download the discussion questions and any handout pdfs so you have them to use during the discussion.

The course outline appears until the section labeled SYLLABUS. Please review the course requirements, the assignments, the rubrics for grading the assignments and the topics for each Module. Come to the class prepared to select a topic in one of the Modules in which you will present the topic and lead the discussion [time limit: 20 minutes]. During the first evening, you will have opportunity to select that topic and to ascertain that no other student in the class has selected the same topic. It would be a good idea to come prepared with a first and second choice, in that eventuality. While it appears that there is a lot of reading for the course, the textbook provides a basis for understanding leadership in medical careers, as its title implies. Beyond that, current readings in journals, particularly the Chronicle of Higher Education provides you with a rich resource of information on current topics in administration in higher education and serves as the basis for the discussion questions. You may wish to supplement those references for the particular topic in which you will lead the discussion; if so, please provide a bibliography of your references on that topic for your classmates.

There are no quizzes or exams in the class; rather, grades are based on your leadership of group discussions, an issues paper and a book report, as specified.. Since the course meets just five evenings, each evening represents one-fifth of the course; therefore it is wise to plan on attending each session, since each session is an essential part of the reaching the objectives for the course.

At any time, feel free to contact the me through the CANVAS message board for this course, or e-mail to jhopp@llu.edu I do not have an on-campus office, so the best way to reach me is via e-mail.

Joyce Hopp, Ph.D., MPH, Emeritus Distinguished Professor School of Public Health & Emeritus Dean, School of Allied Health Professions, Loma Linda University