General Approach
The Ed.D. program in Higher Education Leadership and Management offers two tracks: Management and Administration or College Teaching
Both tracks share a common core of a rigorous set of courses that focus on colleges and universities as organizations, the college student experience, and the development of the American higher education system. Courses generally meet once a week in the evening. Study is available on a full or part-time basis in either track.
The Management and Administrative track is designed to provide students with the research and theoretical foundation needed for the effective management and leadership of colleges and universities.
The College Teaching track is designed to provide an in-depth orientation to college students and college teaching with a particular emphasis on instructional design and implementation for practicing or prospective college faculty.
Coursework
Matriculation
Doctoral students will be considered for matriculation after completing 18 core course credits and by demonstrating competence in the core courses by successfully passing a qualifying written examination. The core courses are:
| ELMP 6005 | Statistical Methods | 3 |
| ELMP 6101 | Introduction to Higher Education as a Field of Study | 3 |
| ELMP 7765 | Policy Analysis in Administration | 3 |
| ELMP 8891 | Directed Research | 3 |
| ELMP 9993 | Organization and Governance in Higher Education | 3 |
| ELMP 9997 | Historical Development of American Education | 3 |
Students are prohibited from taking additional credits until successfully passing the qualifying written examination and will have only two opportunities to pass the qualifying written examination.
I. Foundations/Interdisciplinary Studies (3 credits)
Select one:
EDST 9301 The History of Education in America
or
EDST 9302 Social Psychological Domain of Education
or
EDST 9304 Philosophic Perspective in School and Society
II. Professional Core: Elementary/Secondary/Higher Education Administration (27 credits)
| ELMP 6764 | Principles of Public Sector Bargaining | 3 |
| ELMP 6861 | School Building Planning and Plant Management | 3 |
| ELMP 7761 | Management of Fiscal Affairs in Administration | 3 |
| ELMP 7762 | Public Relations in Administration | 3 |
| ELMP 7763 | School Law: State of New Jersey/Constitutional Law | 3 |
| ELMP 7765 | Policy Analysis in Administration: Political and Economic Aspects | 3 |
| ELMP 7767 | Advanced Study in Personnel Administration | 3 |
| ELMP 7768 | Microcomputers for Administrators | 3 |
| ELMP 7769 | Computers for School Business and Financial Administrators | 3 |
| ELMP 7770 | Cybernetic Research for Administrators | 3 |
| ELMP 7771 | Organizational Decision Making | 3 |
| ELMP 7772 | Leadership Dynamics: Analysis of Supervisory Behavior | 3 |
| ELMP 7773 | Organizational Structures and Processes in Administration
| 3 |
| ELMP 7774 | Comparative Study of International Educational Systems | 3 |
| ELMP 7776 | Curriculum: Design and Engineering
| 3 |
| ELMP 7862 | School Business Administration: Skills and Techniques
| 3 |
| ELMP 7971 | School Accounting | 3 |
| ELMP 8801 | Interdisciplinary Studies for Administrators: Issues and Theories | 3 |
| ELMP 8981-8982 | Administrative Internship Parts I-II (required) | 3 |
| ELMP 8983 | Leadership and Management Assessment | 3 |
| ELMP 8984 | Leadership Institute I: Workshop for Administrators and Supervisors | 3 |
| ELMP 8985 | Leadership Institute II: Workshop for Administrators and Supervisors | 3 |
| ELMP 9993 | Organization and Governance of Higher Education (required: higher education students) | 3 |
| ELMP 9994 | Faculty Personnel Policies of Higher Education | 3 |
| ELMP 9995 | Financial Administration of Higher Education Institutions | 3 |
| ELMP 9996 | Organization and Administration of Junior Community Colleges | 3 |
| ELMP 9997 | Historical Development of American Higher Education (required: higher education students) | 3 |
| ELMP 9998 | Curriculum and Instruction in Higher Education | 3 |
III. Research Requirement (minimum 15 credits | CPSY 9002 | Seminar in Applied Multivariate Statistics | 3 |
| ELMP 6005* | Statistical Methods | 3 |
| ELMP 7770 | Cybernetic Research | 3 |
| ELMP 8616* | Intermediate Statistical Methods | 3 |
| ELMP 8890 | Survey Research | 3 |
| ELMP 8891 | Directed Research in Administration and Supervision | 3 |
| ELMP 8892 | Independent Study in Administration | 3 |
| ELMP 8986 | Qualitative Research Seminar in Administration | 3 |
| ELMP 8987 | Dissertation Seminar in Administration I | 3 |
| ELMP 8988 | Dissertation Seminar in Administration II | 3 |
| ELMP 9979 | Dissertation Seminar in Higher Education I | 3 |
| ELMP 9980 | Dissertation Seminar in Higher Education II | 3 |
*Required courses in 15 credit minimum
Ed.D. (Minor) Track for Teaching
A minor track in college teaching is available within the Ed.D. Program in Higher Education. This track draws on the coursework in the Departments of Education Leadership, Management and Policy, Educational Studies, and Professional Psychology and Family Therapy. The program is intended to provide an in-depth orientation to college students and college teaching with a particular emphasis instructional design and implementation for practicing or prospective college teachers.
In addition to matriculation requirements for the Ed.D. in Higher Education, the program requires a minimum 24 credits distributed over the three sponsoring departments as follows:
Theories of Learning, Curriculum, and Student Development (6 credits)
| CPSY 6104 | Theories of Cognitio | 3 |
| CPSY 6505 | Social Cognition and Human Learning | 3 |
| CPSY 7104 | Social Cognition and Human Learning | 3 |
| ELMP 9997 | The American College Student | 3 |
| ELMP 9997 | The American College Student | 3 |
Ethics and Values (3 credits)
| EDST 7310 | Ethical Foundations of Professional Helping Relationships | 3 |
| EDST 7312 | Current Issues in School and Society Problems and Issues in Postsecondary | 3 |
| EDST 9504 | Teaching Seminar: Social, Ethical, Legal | 3 |
| EDST 6344 | Issues in Technology | 3 |
Skill Development (9 credits) Assessment, Counseling, Instructional Design and Instructional Technology | CPSY 6000 | Group Dynamics | 3 |
| CPSY 6003 | Counseling Skills
| 3 |
| CPSY 6316 | Group Counseling | 3 |
| EDST 6306 | Instructional Design (Prerequisite permission of instructor or EDST 6307)
| 3 |
| EDST 6307 | Integrating Technology and Education | 3 |
Electives (6 credits) Representative examples may include:
| CPSY 6302 | Orientation to Counseling: Theory and Observation
| 3 |
| ELMP 7772 | Leadership Dynamics: Analysis of Supervisory Behavior | 3 |
| ELMP 7773 | Organizational Structures and Processes in Administration | 3 |
For additional information on courses and curricula, please see Graduate Catalogue.
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