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Program Description
The EdD program in Higher Education Administration is a part-time cohort program that focuses on issues of how research can be used to inform professional practice and centers on an extensive program of coursework in higher and postsecondary education.
This EdD is designed to meet the increasing need for visionary and entrepreneurial leaders in community colleges, four-year colleges and universities, corporate-sponsored education, and governmental agencies. The objectives of the EdD include providing:
- Meaningful learning opportunities for employed professionals to earn a terminal degree in an integrated curriculum with immediate applicability to their professional settings.
- A coherent and flexible combination of theory, skills development, research, and problem solving, and a culminating project that will clearly add value to and enhance the knowledge of professional settings.
- Common learning experiences in leadership, organizations, policy, and applied research while concurrently offering the opportunity for study directly related to practice settings.
Admissions
Admission to graduate programs in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development requires the following minimum components:
- Résumé/CV
- Statement of Purpose
- Letters of Recommendation
- Transcripts
- Proficiency in English
See NYU Steinhardt's Graduate Admissions website for additional information on school-wide admission. Some programs may require additional components for admissions.
See How to Apply for admission requirements and instructions specific to this program.
Program Requirements
The program requires a minimum of 42 credits beyond the master’s degree. Students who are missing essential content may need to complete additional coursework.
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| HPSE-GE 3001 | Doctoral Colloquium in Higher Education | 3 |
| HPSE-GE 3009 | Doctoral Seminar in Higher Education | 3 |
| HPSE-GE 3120 | Theoretical Research Perspectives on College Students | 3 |
| HPSE-GE 3015 | Doctoral Project Seminar: Institutional Research | 3 |
| |
| Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences I | |
| Interm Quantitative Methods: General Linear Model | |
| Quantitative Methods in Organization and Administrative Studies I | |
| Survey Research Methods | |
| |
| Approaches/Qualitative Inquiry | |
| Interview & Observation | |
| Fieldwork Data Collection | |
| Fldwrk: Data Analysis | |
| 12 |
| 2 | 9-10 |
| Total Credits | 42 |
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will:
- Students will demonstrate knowledge and expertise in the field of higher education and will be able to explain and compare different approaches and ideas in higher education in both verbal and written form.
- Students will be able to design a research project to address an identified problem and be able to select appropriate research approaches to address the problem.
- Students will be able to effectively communicate complex ideas based on research outcomes in a clear manner; they will effectively communicate and disseminate their scholarly work in their field of study or practice.
- Students will be able to apply theories of higher education to problems of practice in their professional settings.
- Students will be able to understand the broader culture and context of the problems and recognize the potential impact of their decisions to a broad range of constituents in higher education.
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Steinhardt Academic Policies
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