Higher Education Leadership Concentration (5052)

The concentration in Higher Education Leadership is available for those students who have obtained a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and seeking a career in postsecondary institutions or educational organizations. The Graduate Faculty has adopted the theme, “Professional Educators as Leaders and Enhancers of Human Development,” to represent its goal in continuing an educator’s professional development. The Conceptual Framework includes the following: Knowledge, Application, and Professionalism. Inherent within each key component are outcomes that the candidate is expected to master upon completion of the program.

Concentration Requirements (30 Hours)

Foundation (12 hours)

HIED 720 - Introduction to Leadership Credit(s): 3
HIED 740 - History of Higher Education Credit(s): 3
EDFN 710 - Research in Education and Counseling Credit(s): 3
HIED 721 - Diversity and Equity in Higher Education Credit(s): 3

Concentration (18 Hours)

EDST 760 - Organization and Administration of Postsecondary Education Credit(s): 3
HIED 761 - Higher Education Law Credit(s): 3
HIED 753 - Student Development and Engagement in Higher Education Credit(s): 3
EDLD 711 - Recruitment, Retention, and Strategic Enrollment Management Credit(s): 3
HIED 731 - Higher Education Finance and Resource Management Credit(s): 3
HIED 730 - Seminar in Post-Secondary Education Credit(s): 3