Higher Education Administration

The Ph.D. degree in Higher Education Administration from Kent State University prepares students for careers as highly effective higher education administrators and staff professionals. 

The coursework prepares students for the varied challenges facing two-year, four-year and graduate institutions and communities today, and helps shape educational institutions in the future.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Higher Education Administration Higher Education Administration program from Kent State University Kent State University will be able to:

• Understand the administrative and financial functions performed on a college or university campus

• Understand the complexities of college/university budgeting process and construct a divisional or departmental budget

• Understand and commit to the diverse nature of higher education in the United States

• Articulate the challenges and opportunities associated with the provision of a diverse, multicultural educational setting, including the impact of demographic changes on higher education and familiarity with strategies to diversify higher education

• Understand the role of a faculty member and the curriculum development process in an institution of higher education

• Understand and have conversant knowledge of the legal issues facing higher education today, including being familiar with legislation that impacts decision making within higher education

• Understand the rights and responsibilities of employees and students within institutions of higher education, as well as the responsibilities of the institutions

• Understand research methodology to conduct individual research

Courses include:

• Law and Higher Education

• College Student Development: Theory and Practice

• The Administration of Multiculturalism and Diversity in Higher Education

• Employment Law

• Research in Higher Education Administration

• Higher Education Curriculum

• Politics and Power in Organizations