Spring 2027

Special Topics Seminar in Educational Leadership

A special topics seminar focused on research and discussion of selected topics in educational leadership and policy analysis.

offering recorded1–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Weijia Li4.1/5Elton CrimFrederick Krauss +1 more

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.95 GPA, 98.9% A/AB (n=87 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=74 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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Graduate/professional standing

  • Graduate/professional standing
ELPA 940

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027
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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 9 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2008: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2011: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ELTON CRIM is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Fall 2011, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

FREDERICK KRAUSS is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JING YU is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

WEIJIA LI is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Online Only0 / 250
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 240
LEC 003Classroom Instruction0 / 240
LEC 004Classroom Instruction0 / 240

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.95 GPA, 98.9% A/AB (n=87 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=74 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Selected topics in educational leadership and policy analysis

Skills

  • Research and discussion of selected topics in educational leadership and policy analysis

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 4 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.02 GPA average error.

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Selected offering source records
ELPA 940 · Spring 2027

Special Topics Seminar in Educational Leadership

Recorded 2026-10-14
ELPA 940 · Spring 2027

Critical Ethnography

Recorded 2026-10-14
ELPA 940 · Spring 2027

Sport and Policy

Recorded 2026-10-14
ELPA 940 · Spring 2027

Leadership in HE/Stud Affairs

Recorded 2026-10-14
ELPA 940 · Spring 2027

Gen AI & HE Leadership: Global

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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