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Direct linkGardner, Susan K., Ed. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2009
This monograph seeks to inform faculty, staff, administrators, and students about the nature of and structure in doctoral programs that lead to doctoral student development. It is accomplished through succeeding chapters, focusing first on an overview of existing student development theory and then on the structure of doctoral education and its…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Degrees, Student Experience, Student Development
Peer reviewedDill, David D. – Review of Higher Education, 1978
Various approaches to teaching higher education administration are discussed. Some courses emphasize organizational theory and analysis, control, or management of change and conflict. Observations are made as to what special management skills may be especially appropriate to higher education. (SF)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Educational Administration
Download full textGroff, Warren H. – 1987
The early emergence of nontraditional graduate education programs is traced with particular emphasis on Nova University's Center for Higher Education. Characteristics of the independent learner that are essential in providing transformational leadership are also addressed. Nova University's innovative approaches provide nontraditional choices for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Role, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Georgia Univ., Athens. Inst. of Higher Education. – 1979
Progress in the 10 years since the doctoral program in higher education was begun at the University of Georgia and events during the academic year 1978-1979 are reported. Differences between expectations and realities of the program are discussed and the future of higher education is seen as uncertain and challenging. Staff assignments are…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Faculty Development, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
Peer reviewedGoodchild, Lester F. – Review of Higher Education, 1996
This article reviews the work of G. Stanley Hall, who offered the first course on college and university problems in 1893. It describes Hall's education and academic appointments until 1887, the European origins of his study, the founding of Clark University (Massachusetts) and Hall's presidency, the American beginnings of the field of higher…
Descriptors: Biographies, Careers, Change Strategies, College Faculty
Peer reviewedThelin, John R. – Review of Higher Education, 1980
An introducory course that is required of all students of higher education at Claremont Graduate School, entitled "Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Higher Education," is described. (SF)
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum
Peer reviewedAnderson, Judith – Community College Review, 1996
Provides a description of leadership training initiatives specific to the needs of community college leaders. Focuses on the development and organization of programs as well as their common elements and unique factors. An appendix lists initiatives identified in this research. (50 citations). (JDI)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Presidents, Community Colleges, Continuing Education
Groff, Warren H. – 1985
The ultimate goal of graduate education is to design programs of preparation to promote improvement in the quality of education and training services that are provided in a variety of different contexts. In the 1960s, Nova University developed field-based doctoral programs as a strategy to prepare individuals to become agents of change in the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Programs, Educational Change
Nelson, Glenn M., Comp.; Crosson, Patricia H., Comp. – 1984
A compilation of descriptions of graduate programs in the field of higher education is presented as prepared by the ASHE Committee on Curriculum, Instruction and Learning. The report is based on a survey of the 92 directors of masters and doctoral programs in higher education in the United States and Canada. For each of 65 respondents, one-page…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Programs, Comparative Analysis, Degrees (Academic)
Murphy, Peter – 1981
New career programs being developed at the University of Victoria for postsecondary administrators are described, which are designed to improve the managerial capacity of community colleges and technical institutions in British Columbia. The graduate cooperative program consists of an academic session, an administrative internship, and a research…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, College Administration, Community Colleges, Extension Education
Virginia Univ., Charlottesville. Center for the Study of Higher Education. – 1980
The handbook provides general information for prospective applicants to the graduate study programs in higher education at the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Virginia. It is intended as a supplement to the university catalogs. Information is given about three degree programs (Education Specialist, Ed.S.; Doctor of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Admission, Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic)
