Degrees & Programs
Established in 1977, the Center for the Study of Higher Education offers flexible, interdisciplinary, and individualized master of arts and doctor of philosophy degree programs with concentrations in comparative higher education, organization and administration, college access, and student affairs. The life experience and perspectives of the 90-100 students enrolled here flavor our program. A high proportion of our students are accomplished professionals and we value the practical experience and organizational skills they bring. Ours is a diverse, supportive, challenging intellectual community. Over half of our students are women, over 20 percent are students of color, and over 10 percent are international students. Many are first generation students. This diversity enriches our community and work. You can find out more about higher education degrees and programs by visiting the main page of the Center for the Study of Higher Education.
Programs offered:
Master of Arts
Doctor of Philosophy
The aim of Educational Leadership and Policy (EDL) is to prepare the next generation of culturally diverse professional field (practitioner) and academic thinkers, researchers, and change agents to be social justice leaders and policy advocates. The goal is to address persistent issues and emerging problems of educational leadership and policy practices in order to improve the human condition, particularly for children, through education in schools and communities of the Southwest and the Nation. Our graduates go on to serve as professors, researchers, superintendents, principals, and district-level leaders.
In an enriched intellectual environment, a more diverse faculty and graduate students understand and approach educational challenges with profound implications for 21st Century leaders. Leaders’ and policymakers’ challenges include taking on new demands of educating multicultural and transnational children and youth in which non-whites make-up the majority of K-12 public school enrollment and no ethno-racial group will be the majority enrollment by mid-century. Concomitantly, faculty and graduate students focus on success and effectiveness models of leadership and policy in schools that create contexts that improve equity of educational opportunities for children from different family backgrounds, socioeconomic groups, ethnicity, race, gender, language, disability, religion, gifted and talented, immigrant status, and sexual orientation.
Programs offered:
Master of Education in Educational Leadership
Master of Arts in Education Policy
Educational Specialist in Educational Leadership and Policy
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership
Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership and Policy
Non-degree programs offered:
Hybrid Administrative Certification Program*
*approved for VA benefits
