Education Ph.D. - Higher Education Track
Graduate Studies
College Wide Programs
Total Hours Required for Ph.D. --- 69 Credit Hours Minimum beyond the Master's degree
This track is designed specifically for those who wish to pursue careers as scholars and leaders in postsecondary education and in college and university settings. The Higher Education Track has been designed to broaden the analytical research, administrative and supervisory skills, political and legal knowledge to enhance their higher education careers. In addition, this track is a research-oriented degree appropriate for those employed in teaching, research and administrative positions in postsecondary education, two- and four-year institutions of higher education and other educational settings who need a strong theory, research and practice base in their careers.
Core Courses --- 24 Credit Hours
- IDS 7501 Issues and Research in Education (3 credit hours)
- IDS 7500 Seminar in Educational Research (variable credit and repeatable, 6 credit hours)
- EDF 7475 Qualitative Research in Education (3 credit hours)
- EDF 7403 Quantitative Foundations of Educational Research (3 credit hours)
- EDF 7463 Analysis of Survey, Record and Other Qualitative Data (3 credit hours)
- IDS 7502 Case Studies in Research Design (3 credit hours)
- IDS 7938 Research Cluster Seminar (3 credit hours) or approved research methods elective
Higher Education Track --- 18 Credit Hours Minimum
- EDH 6632 American Professoriate and College Presidency
- EDH 7401 Higher Education and Public Policy
- EDH 7631 Managing Change, Conflict in Higher Education
- EDH 7236 Legal Issues in Higher Education
- EDH 6065 History and Philosophy of Higher Education
- EDH 6540 Organization and Administration of Higher Education
Internship --- 3 Credit Hours Minimum
Dissertation --- 24 Credit Hours Minimum
Doctoral students must present a prospectus for the dissertation to the doctoral adviser, prepare a proposal and present it to the dissertation committee, and defend the final research submission with the dissertation committee
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