Educational Administration, EdD Higher Education Administration Emphasis
This program will no longer be admitting students after the end of Fall 2021 - Note added after March 2021 publishing - June addendum 06/10/2021.**
48 credit hours
Higher education administration focuses on the leadership and management of institutions in a higher education setting. This emphasis instructs students on concepts such as organizational structure, leadership theory, and student development. This can be for those wishing to be academic administrators such as deans or provosts, or non-academic administrators such as directors or vice presidents.
Requirements
Master's Level Coursework
The student must have completed the following courses to begin the Doctor of Education in Educational Administration with Higher Education Emphasis or must complete within first two semesters of attendance.
6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
Major Coursework
9 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
| EDA 70000 | Instructional Program Leadership and Assessment | 3 |
| EDA 71000 | Human Resource Administration | 3 |
| EDA 76500 | Administrative Decision-Making in Schools | 3 |
Emphasis Coursework
12 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
| EDAH 70500 | Legal Aspects of Higher Education | 3 |
| EDAH 71500 | Business Management in Higher Education Administration | 3 |
| EDAH 71800 | Comparative Education Theory and Practice | 3 |
| EDAH 71900 | History of Higher Education in the United States | 3 |
Elective Coursework
3 credit hours of 70000-level coursework.
Research Coursework
3 credit hours of coursework from the following option:
| EDA 74500 | Statistics in Educational Administration | 3 |
Additional Research Coursework
3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
| EDA 76700 | Quantitative Methods Design in Educational Research | 3 |
| EDA 76800 | Qualitative Methods in Educational Research | 3 |
Capstone Coursework
12 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
Capstone Experience Coursework
Notes: (1) Students who have not completed their dissertation by the end of Capstone III must enroll in EDA 78000 (Capstone Experience) each fall and spring semester until the dissertation is completed. (2) EDA 77500 (Capstone II): Dissertation Publication Fee required.