Directory of Graduate Programs in Student Affairs

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI DOCTORAL PROGRAM

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Program name: Higher and Continuing Education

College: College of Education

Department: Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis

Degrees and Emphases:

PhD: Higher Education Administration, Continuing Education Administration, and Faculty as Professors of Higher Education

EdD: Educational Leadership (PK-20)

Tuition and Fees: http://cashiers.missouri.edu/cost.htm

Contact Persons:
Jeni Hart, PhD
202 Hill Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211

Phone: (573) 882-4225
Fax: (573) 884-5714
e-mail: HARTJL@missouri.edu

Web Page (URL) address: http://education.missouri.edu/ELPA/program_areas/higher_cont_ed_program.php

Degree first offered: 1964

Typical number of students admitted each year: MEd: 10-15

PROGRAM STATEMENT

We strive to prepare and develop educational leaders as reflective and inquiring professionals. Our degree programs are of the highest quality as well as conveniently scheduled for busy professionals. The department focuses on knowledge generation in a collaborative learning environment.

Our goals for our students include:

• Preparing students for student affairs and other higher education leadership positions in post-secondary educational institutions.

• Developing an awareness of organizational and environmental characteristics in various types of post-secondary educational institutions.

• Developing an understanding of students across all institutional types, student culture, and the impact of college upon undergraduate students.

• Developing a greater understanding of student development theories and knowledge and skills available to the educator in post-secondary settings to foster student learning and development.

• Preparing students with the appropriate skills needed to develop programs for students and assess the value of those programs.

• Providing literacy in the fundamentals of educational research in higher education.

PROGRAM MISSION

Our mission is to prepare and develop educational leaders as reflective and inquiring professionals.

PROGRAM UNIQUENESS

Our faculty are nationally recognized leaders and researchers who are at the top of their fields. We have nationally recognized experts in student affairs leadership, the community college, continuing education in the professions, diversity issues in higher education, and higher education policy. Our faculty are active in professional associations throughout the fields of student affairs and higher education.

NATIONAL STANDARDS
Meets ACPA Professional Preparation Commission Standards: YES/NO
Meets CAS Standards: YES/NO
Other/Comments:

APPLICATION AND ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

Refer to the program website for doctoral program application and admission requirements.

CURRICULUM INFORMATION

Program Required Hours: 51 credit hours

Program Curriculum:

See the program web site.

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - Students in student affairs or higher education administration programs (2005-2006):

	Total Number	# of Males	# of Females	# of Whites	# of Persons of Color
Total	36	13	23	30	6
	% of part-time students	% of full-time students	% of students enrolled in the program who also hold some form of financial assistance (graduate assistantship, fellowship, tuition waiver, scholarship)
Total	66%	34%

PROGRAM FACULTY (Name, title, typical number of coursed taught annully, interests)

Name	Title	Number of Courses Taught	Interests
Jeni Hart	Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator	4	Gender and academic work, campus climate issues, student affairs administration
Brad Curs	Assistant Professor	4	Economics of education, higher education finance, college access and affordability
Joe Donaldson	Professor	2	Adult undergraduate students, organization and leadership of continuing higher education, education in the professions
Casandra Harper	Assistant Professor	4	College student development, institutional research and assessment, multiracial college students
Barbara Townsend	Professor	4	Access to and attainment of the baccalaureate, community college faculty, teacher education in the community college

Last modified May 2009
Information submitted by: Jeni Hart

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