The faculty in the Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies offer graduate programs leading to the Master of Education and Doctor of Education degrees in Higher and Postsecondary Education. The concentration currently available is in higher education.
Candidates for the M.Ed. and Ed.D. program may be required to take certain College of Education core courses depending upon previous experience and education. Pre-approval by an advisor is required. The M.Ed. program requires 33 semester hours of course work, including a practicum. Candidates for all degrees must pass a written comprehensive examination, and candidates for the Ed.D. must also pass a final oral examination in defense of the dissertation.
Students interested in the Ph.D. degree with a field of study encompassing higher education should refer to the major in “Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.” See “Doctor of Philosophy” for general requirements.
MASTER OF EDUCATION
Applicants for admission to the M.Ed. degree program must submit scores on either the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Miller Analogies Test; scores on the GRE are preferred.
See “Master of Education” for information on the M.Ed. degree.
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
Applicants for admission to the Doctor of Education program must submit scores on the GRE.
See “Doctor of Education” for information on the Ed.D. degree.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Faculty members in higher education are conducting research on a variety of significant topics according to their areas of special research interest. These include student access and retention, student financial assistance, marketing/institutional advancement in higher education, organizational influences on community college faculty teaching practices, Hispanic studies, legal aspects of higher education, and policy analysis.
The program has access to all of the current longitudinal data produced by the federal Center for Educational Statistics. Several databases created for a national study of state and institutional influences on baccalaureate attainment by underrepresented minorities support a number of dissertations and faculty research projects.
Omnibus Graduate Courses: See omnibus graduate courses that may be offered.
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