UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MASTER'S PROGRAM
GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION
Program name: Higher Education Management College: Graduate School of Education Department: Policy, Management & Evaluation Degrees and Emphases: M.S.Ed Tuition and Fees: $34,230 (two semesters) |
Contact Person: Karen Carter Telephone: 215-898-0597 Fax: 215-573-6069 Contact person: Prather Egan Email: pme@gse.upenn.edu Web Page (URL) address: http://www.gse.upenn.edu Degree first offered: 2001 Typical number of students admitted each year: 25
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PROGRAM STATEMENT
The Higher Education Management program is dedicated to training the future administrators and leaders of higher education, both in the United States and abroad. We educate our students to think of institutions as market smart and mission centered—to understand how markets work, how to manage in a market environment, and why a commitment to educational values is necessary for a successful educational enterprise.
PROGRAM MISSION
The M.S.Ed. program in Higher Education Management is designed for people who are in the early stages of higher education careers and are seeking a better understanding of how the enterprise of higher education is structured, governed, financed and managed. Although there is no typical M.S.Ed. student, most fit into one of three groups:
All share the need for foundation knowledge of the enterprise.
PROGRAM UNIQUENESS
The Higher Education Management program is distinctive because:
APPLICATION AND ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
Application Deadlines
M.S.Ed. applications are reviewed until the program is full. The review process begins in early February and typically ends in mid-May.
Ed.D. – February 15, 2007
Ph.D. – December 15, 2006
CURRICULUM INFORMATION
Program Required Hours:
The masters program is made up of ten courses. Students can attend the program either full or part-time. Full-time students complete the program in one year academic year. Part-time students complete the program in two to four years depending on how many classes they take each term. Part-time students are required to enroll in a minimum of one class in both the fall and spring semesters.
Program Curriculum:
The entire curriculum is based on interactive case studies, discussion-oriented seminars, individual and group projects, and experiential learning.
Required Courses May Include: (courses are reviewed annually)
Distributional requirement
All GSE masters students must satisfy a distributional requirement that demonstrates breadth within the field of education. This requirement is fulfilled by enrolling in one course unit in the Graduate School of Education but outside of the Policy, Management and Evaluation Division.
Electives
Three graduate elective courses can be taken at GSE or any of Penn’s graduate schools. Students choose their elective coursework in consultation with their academic advisor.
Advising
Upon admission, each student will be assigned an academic advisor who will aid in the planning of the course of study and professional development.
Graduate Assistantship
All full-time higher education management M.S.Ed. students are required to complete a graduate assistantship. Part-time students fulfill this requirement through their full-time jobs in higher education. Full-time students participate in our graduate assistantship program. The program recruits positions from a variety of offices across Penn’s campus and local colleges and universities. Typically students are placed in paid positions; however, this is not guaranteed and is market dependent. Examples of 2004-05 graduate assistantships are:
Master’s Comprehensive Examination
Students are required to pass a comprehensive examination in order to complete the program. Students must be able to demonstrate their familiarity with the literature of higher education and a foundational knowledge of the enterprise of higher education. The exam is offered in both the fall and spring terms.
Is a thesis required?
STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - Students in student affairs or higher education administration programs (2005-2006):
| Total | 37 | 13 | 24 | 23 | 4 |
| 17 | 83 | 98 | |||
PROGRAM FACULTY (Name, title, typical number of coursed taught annully, interests)
| Name | Title | Number of Courses Taught | Interests |
| Dr. Marybeth Gasman | Assistant Professor | 4 | philanthropy and historically black colleges, black leadership, contemporary fundraising issues at black colleges, and African-American giving |
| Dr. V. Hilton Hallock | Lecturer | 2 | innovative pedagogy; collaborative learning in both curricular and co-curricular contexts, including issues related to learning communities and service learning; and diversity in changing educational settings |
| Dr. Laura Perna | Associate Professor | 4 | integrated theoretical approach and a variety of analytic techniques to understand the ways in which individual characteristics, social structures, and public policies separately and together enable and restrict the ability of women, racial/ethnic minorities, and individuals of lower socioeconomic status to obtain the economic, social, and political opportunities that are associated with two aspects of higher education: access as a student and employment as a faculty member. |
| Dr. Michael Tierney | Associate Professor | 2 | economics and financing of colleges and universities |
| Dr. Rachelle Winkle Wagner | 4 | sociological aspects of race, class, and gender in higher education | |
| Dr. Robert Zemsky | 2 | how colleges and universities, in a world increasingly dominated by market forces, can be both mission-centered and market-smart |
Last modified
December 11, 2006
Information submitted by: Karen Carter
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