Educational Administration - Higher Education - Ed.S. and Ph.D. Download to print

The Educational Specialist in Educational Administration–Higher Education  provides continuing educational opportunities for practitioners who wish to hold professional leadership positions such as a director of instruction, a special subject/area coordinator or a director of staff development.

The Ph.D. in Educational Administration–Higher Education prepares highly effective higher education administrators and staff professionals who possess the skills and competencies required to meet the varied challenges facing two-year, four-year, and graduate institutions and communities today, and to help shape educational institutions in the future.

The Educational Administration-Higher Education program will assess its applicants holistically, considering academic credentials, related professional experience, academic or professional references, scholarly activities and professional activities, among others.

Requirements: Official transcript(s), master's degree from an accredited institution, recommended 3.250 graduate GPA for Ed.S. and 3.500 graduate GPA for Ph.D., GRE with recommended scores at 50th percentile or higher (waived for Ed.S., if master's GPA is 3.25 or higher), goal statement, two letters of recommendation, resume or vita, and interview.

For more information about graduate admission, please visit the Graduate Studies website.

Ed.S: This degree requires a minimum of 30 hours of planned graduate study beyond the master’s degree.

Ph.D: After admission to the Ph.D. degree program, students plan a program of study with their respective faculty advisory committee headed by their advisor. Students’ programs may include at least one appropriate graduate-level minor or cognate as well as the major.
 

Graduates of the Ed.S. program will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a broad understanding of psychosocial and cognitive-structural theories of student and adult development that guide the profession and be able to the impact the college environment has on student learning and development.
2. Demonstrate a basic understanding of and conversant knowledge of the legal issues facing higher education today including being familiar with legislation that impacts decision making within higher education, and understanding the rights and responsibilities of students, staff, faculty, and institutions.
3. Demonstrate, through practical experience in two or more functional areas within higher education, the potential to succeed in professional leadership positions.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the administrative and financial functions performed on a college or university campus.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to the diverse nature of higher education in the U.S. and will be able to articulate the challenges and opportunities associated with the provision of a diverse, multicultural educational setting.

Graduates of the Ph.D. program will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the administrative and financial functions performed on a college or university campus. Graduates will also understand the complexities of college/university budgeting process and be able to construct a divisional or departmental budget.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to the diverse nature of higher education in the U.S.  Graduates will be able to articulate the challenges and opportunities associated with the provision of a diverse, multicultural educational setting including the impact of demographic changes on higher education and familiarity with strategies to diversify higher education.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the role of a faculty member and the curriculum development process in an institution of higher education.
4. Demonstrate a basic understanding of and conversant knowledge of the legal issues facing higher education today including being familiar with legislation that impacts decision making within higher education, and understanding the rights and responsibilities of employees and students within institutions of higher education as well as the responsibilities of the institutions.
5. Demonstrate sufficient knowledge and understanding of research methodology to conduct individual research.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the internationalization of higher education institutions including explaining the different rationales for internationalization that may motivate different stakeholders in higher education and analyzing an institution’s internationalization goals and activities in terms of both an institutional strategy and in terms of student learning outcomes.