Directory of Graduate Programs in Student Affairs

BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY DOCTORATE PROGRAM

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Program name: Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration

College: College of Education and Human Development

Department: Department of Higher Education and Student Affairs

Degrees and Emphases: Ph.D. – Higher Education Administration

Tuition and Fees: See website of the Bowling Green State University Bursar's Office: http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/bursar/page25739.html

Contact Person:

Mike Coomes, Ed.D.
330 Education Building
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0244

Phone: (419) 372-7382
Fax: (419) 372-9382
e-mail: mcoomes@bgsu.edu

Web Page (URL) address: http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/edhd/hesa/

Degree first offered: 1991

Typical number of students admitted each year: 6-8

PROGRAM STATEMENT

This nationally recognized program emphasizes informed, ethical decision making in the administration of higher education. It is intended to launch its graduates into new areas and/or higher levels of leadership. Viable applicants are expected to have a minimum of three years post-Master’s work experience in higher education. Students take core coursework in higher education foundations, administration, governance and organization, law, and the college student. Each student, in collaboration with her/his advisor, fashions a cognate that leads to specialization in an area of personal and professional interest. The sequence of four research courses culminates in a dissertation of original contribution to the knowledge of higher education. Based on a full-time cohort model, the program is designed to be completed in three years. All full-time students are employed in a variety of graduate assistantships that both support and supplement the program, and that include a waiver of all tuition and most fees. The Global Understanding Requirement broadens and diversifies the student’s conception of higher education and how it is influenced by culture and custom.

The program is grounded in the following values:

a commitment to educational leadership grounded in expressed principles, ideals, ethics, and values;
a zeal for involvement and advocacy in the higher education profession;
a holistic perspective of higher education that reflects an understanding of the interests and concerns of the internal campus environment (its faculty, staff, students, and administrators), external constituents (consumers, governmental agents, the public), and the global community;
expertise in a discipline-based academic specialty, in addition to a command of a core of professional studies in higher education;
appreciation for both quantitative and qualitative tools of inquiry, emphasizing an understanding of their application to an array of problems, challenges, issues, and practices in higher education.

PROGRAM MISSION

(Incorporated above.)

PROGRAM UNIQUENESS

BGSU is fortunate to have eight full-time faculty whose positions are housed in the CSP and HIED programs. Drs. Broido, Coomes, Dannells, DeBard, Palmer, Stewart, Strange, and Wilson form the core of both programs' faculties and are accomplished teachers and researchers. Their offices are located in the main office of the CSP/HIED programs, and this greatly enhances the availability and involvement of faculty in the academic lives of students. They are also active in professional associations and provide service and scholarship to a national constituency.

In addition, each program draws upon the strengths and expertise of full-time faculty who are primarily housed in other programs and adjunct faculty. Please see the program websites for each program's faculty. Each program has a strong academic curriculum with flexibility to meet learner needs and an experiential component.

The Higher Education Administration Ph.D. program enjoys a strong national reputation which has been reflected in two recent studies of programs of its type. The 2000 National Doctoral Program Survey of current students and alumni, conducted by the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, recorded a top score for the BGSU program. In another national survey, this one of the members of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, the BGSU program was ranked second. The HIED doctoral program is also distinguished by its Global Understanding requirement that assists students in developing a holistic and international perspective on higher education and has allowed students to pursue learning experiences at universities in countries such as Russia, England, Scotland, Australia, Bulgaria, Botswana, and Ghana.

Some highlights of the program:

A broad view of higher education administration with a cognate specialization in an area of the student's choice
The Global Understanding curricular requirement, which can be satisfied by international internship or study, comparative education coursework or other project
Assistantships in key administrative offices across the BGSU campus
A cohort student structure, with fellow students who have substantial professional experiences in a variety of higher education settings and subfields
For those interested in student affairs, strong ties to the CSP master's program and its students
A proud history of over a decade that has yielded an alumni community of over 100 professionals employed as faculty members, university administrators, and other related position titles.

NATIONAL STANDARDS
Meets ACPA Professional Preparation Commission Standards: YES
Meets CAS Standards:
Other/Comments:

APPLICATION AND ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

GPA Required: 3.0
GRE required
3 letters of recommendation
Written statement of goals and research interests
Interview
3-5 years professional work experience (preferably post-master’s, in higher education)
Application Deadline – January 15th

CURRICULUM INFORMATION

Program Required Hours: 63

Program Curriculum:

Doctorate Curriculum Core:

Governance and Organization of Higher Education
Administration of Higher Education
Law in Higher Education
The American College Student
Foundations of Higher Education

Additional Requirements:

Research Methodology (12 hours)
Cognate (12 hours)
Electives (6 hours)
Global Understanding Requirement (comparative higher education course and/or travel/internship experience) (3 hours)
Dissertation (including Dissertation Seminar) (18 hours)

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	53	11	42	43	10
	% 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	55	45	45%

PROGRAM FACULTY (Faculty members with areas of specialization and percentage of time devoted to the program.)

Dr. Ellen M Broido, social justice allies; diversity education; identity development of LGBT students; 100%.
Dr. Camille Consolvo, Adjunct Faculty; Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs, counseling, wellness, student life issues, student discipline; 10%.
Dr. Michael D. Coomes, Federal higher education policy analysis; student aid and enrollment management issues; history and philosophy of the student affairs profession; 100%.
Dr. Mike Dannells, policy and practice of student discipline and judicial affairs; 100%.
Dr. Robert DeBard, management practices; education policy; the two-year college; resource and budget management; 100%.
Dr. Kathy Hoff, distance education; 10%.
Dr. William E. Knight, Adjunct Faculty, Director of Planning and Institutional Research, institutional research, assessment, planning, research methods, financial issues, governance, history of American higher education; 20%.
Dr. Patricia Kubow, comparative international education; comparative higher education; global perspectives; democratic citizenship education; 20%.
Dr. Carolyn J. Palmer, assessment; living-learning centers, residence life, Greek life; campus security; retirees and boomers returning to higher education; 100%.
Dr. Dafina Stewart, spiritual and identity development, multicultural competence; 100%.
Dr. C. Carney Strange, concepts of student development; design and impact of educational environments; spiritual dimensions of student development; qualitative research methods; multicultural pedagogy; 100%.
Dr. Bettina Shuford, Adjunct Faculty, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of the Center for Multicultural and Academic Initiatives, student learning and diversity issues in higher education, 10%.
Dr. Edward G. Whipple, Adjunct Faculty, Vice President for Student Affairs, new professionals, student life issues, residence life, athletics, and Greek life; 10%.
Dr. Maureen E. Wilson, women in higher education; culture of student affairs; experiences of resident assistants; college teaching; 100%.

Last modified July 24, 2007
Information submitted by: Nicole Hoefle

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