Fall 2026

Special Topics Seminar in Educational Leadership

ELPA 940 is a graduate seminar covering research and discussion on selected topics in educational leadership and policy analysis.

offering recorded1–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Weijia Li4.1/5Brian BurtChristopher Saldana +3 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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Fall 2026
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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 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 2023: 3.89 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

CHRISTOPHER SALDANA is recorded teaching in Fall 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.

RACHELLE WINKLE-WAGNER is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2025. 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.

XUELI WANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2018, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 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

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction12 / 180
LEC 003Classroom Instruction6 / 240
LEC 002Online Only7 / 250
LEC 004Classroom Instruction7 / 240
LEC 005Classroom Instruction16 / 240
LEC 006Classroom Instruction6 / 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

  • Educational leadership
  • Policy analysis

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 6 recent 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 · 0.03 GPA average error.

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Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
ELPA 940 · Fall 2026

Special Topics Seminar in Educational Leadership

Recorded 2026-09-07
ELPA 940 · Fall 2026

Crit Theory & Qual Data Anal

Recorded 2026-09-07
ELPA 940 · Fall 2026

Intro: Mix-Methods Research

Recorded 2026-09-07
ELPA 940 · Fall 2026

Sociology of Sport

Recorded 2026-09-07
ELPA 940 · Fall 2026

Crit Theory & Quant Methods

Recorded 2026-09-07
ELPA 940 · Fall 2026

Qualitative Data Analysis

Recorded 2026-09-07
ELPA 940 · Fall 2026

Generative AI & Careers in HE

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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