The Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education provides instruction in, and the delivery of, innovative research to inform the educational process from early childhood through higher education.

The department offers graduate-level courses in assessment, human development, higher education, learning, measurement, and research, which support all programs in the College of Education. In addition to the graduate studies programs, the department provides core foundations courses for teacher education programs in the College of Education and is the academic site for a career and personal development course offered through the UNLV Student Development Center.