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LEADERSHIP FOR EQUITY AND DIVERSITY

ELPA 735
Course Description

Coordinating and effective utilization of school-based special services in the context of student diversity with attention to values, theory, and research underlying curriculum, instruction and policy, in terms of social class, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and race.

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies
Credits

3

Offered

Occasionally

Grade Point Average
3.67

4.14% from Historical

Completion Rate
91.67%

-2.01% from Historical

A Rate
91.67%

8.7% from Historical

Class Size
12

-0.46% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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