Introduction. My name is David Tan. I am currently the Interim Department Chair, Associate Professor (tenured), and Graduate College Liaison in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Oklahoma. I was the Program Area Coordinator of the Adult and Higher Education program (EDAH) in the department from 1997 to 2004. Our EDAH program offers the Master of Education (M.Ed.) and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees. The field of Adult and Higher Education has many exciting specialties, which include adult and continuing education, training and development, continuing professional education, distributive learning, student personnel administration, intercollegiate athletics administration, community college administration, institutional research, and higher education administration. If you are interested in finding out more about the field of Adult and Higher Education and its career opportunities, please visit our web or our office in Room 230 in Collings Hall on the main campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. Due to the renovation of Collings Hall, we are temporarily housed in Room 211 on the South Campus Building 4 located at 555 E. Constitution Street, next to the OU golf course.

Specialization. My area of focus is higher education administration, particularly in the areas of strategic planning, institutional research, leadership, organizational behavior, finance, college students, and research methodology. If you are registered for any of my classes, you are encouraged to visit my teaching website for the latest course information and news.

Administrative Service. I am also the Director of the statewide consortium-based Center for Student Affairs Research (CSAR) dedicated to the research and practice of student affairs. If you are interested in CSAR or wish to find out how CSAR can be of assistance to you and your institution, please contact me.