The program in Administration with a concentration in higher education offers a discipline-based and humanistic approach to the study of postsecondary education, with the purpose of preparing thoughtful leaders in higher education. The program draws upon the traditional academic disciplines and encourages students to reflect upon the fundamental ends, purposes, and rationales for postsecondary education. This approach is distinct from many higher education programs around the country, which are focused upon means and methods intended to train managers rather than leaders.
Courses listed below carry three credit hours, or as noted.
Undergraduates receive four hours of credit for any three-hour graduate course. Women and Educational Leadership Staff Designed to explore and analyze the leadership roles of women in educational policy positions. It looks first at the fields of law and medicine, which established the paradigm for professional education early in the twentieth century. Curriculum in Higher Education Kimball Examines the development of the undergraduate curriculum in colleges and universities. Current debates about undergraduate education are also given attention.