ELPS Faculty
Leonard Valverde Professor Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Executive Director Hispanic Border Leadership Institute Email: valverde@asu.edu Office: Farmer 414C

Education Background

• Bachelors Degree: 1967 Institution: California State University, L.A.
• Doctoral Degree: 1974 Institution: Claremont Graduate University

Positions in Education

• Executive Director, the Hispanic Border Leadership Institute (HBLI) is a consortium of eight higher education institutions serving five southwestern states: Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. The mission of HBLI is to improve the education of Hispanics from pre-kindergarten to doctoral studies.
• Dean, College of Education, Arizona State University (1992-1997)
• Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio
• Chairman, Department of Educational Administration, University of Texas
• Director, Office of Advanced Research in Hispanic Education.

Current Teaching & Research

• Teaching: Seminar in management and leadership; Evaluation of Instructional Programs and Personnel; Administration of urban minority schools; organizational theory & change.
• Research: Social and organizational forces influencing schools and supervision of instruction; Creating schools for the 21st century, a sociological and educational administration perspective; Changing higher education institutions to become multicultural in nature

Representative Publications

• Valverde, L. The Hispanic Student Guide to College Success. Greenwood Press, 2002.
• Valverde, L., The Multicultural Campus. AltaMira Press, 1998.
• Valverde, L., Educating the English Speaking Hispanic Student, ASCD, 1980.
• Valverde, L., Attracting and retaining low- income students in post- secondary education, In Improving Student Retention, Longman, 1987.
• Valverde, L., A new guiding school philosophy of student acculturation, in Education & Urban Society, 1993.
• Valverde, L., Organizational Forces of School Supervision in Handbook of Research on school Supervision, 1998

Awards, Offices, Honors

• Arizona Hispanic Administrator of the Year, 1997, Arizona Hispanic School Administration Association
• W. K. Kellogg Fellowship (1984-1987)
• Edward S. Noyes Leadership & Service Award, The College Board
• Outstanding Administrator, College of Education, University of Texas
• Member, Board of Directors, Teacher Education Accreditation Council