College of Education &Human Development

http://eahr.tamu.edu

HigHer education

administration specialization

master’s and doctoral degrees

Facultyadmissions

Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development

All candidates are required to complete and return the following items to the Office of Admissions:

TAMU graduate application and processing fee • ($50 for US citizens or permanent residents; $75 for international applicants)Official transcripts from universities indicating • previous degrees awardedOfficial GRE scores less than 5 yrs. old• Official TOEFL scores taken within the last two • years (international students only)

In addit ion, the Department of Educat ional A d m i n i s t r at ion an d Huma n Re source Development requ i res t he fo l low ing to be returned to the academic advisor’s off ice by the deadline (Aug. 15 for spring admission or Dec. 1 for summer/fall admission):

Departmental application• Three evaluation forms• Career objective• Resume•

Candidates will be required to come to campus for an interview if faculty consider it necessary. If required, the interviews are held in the fall and spring semesters only.

contact & resourcesDepartment of Educational Administration & Human Resource DevelopmentGraduate Advising Office511 Harrington TowerTexas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TX 77843-4226

Joyce Nelson 979.847.9098 | jnelson@tamu.edu

Office of Admission and Recordsapplicant@tamu.eduOffice of Financial Aid979.845.3236Office of Graduate Studies979.845.3631

Fred BonnerStudent Affairs Administration; Higher Education Administration Law > fbonner@tamu.edu

Bryan ColeContinuous Quality Improvement in Education> b-cole@tamu.edu

Ed DavisHigher Education Finance> edavis@tamu.edu

Vicente LechugaHigher Education Administration> vlechuga@tamu.edu

Yvonna LincolnQualitative Research; History of Higher Education> ysl@tamu.edu

Kelli Peck-ParrottStudent Affairs Administration; Judicial Affairs> kpparrott@tamu.edu

Christine StanleyHigher Education Administration; College Teaching; Faculty Development> cstanley@tamu.edu

Robert WalkerHigher Education Development> rwalker@tamu.edu

T he D e pa r t ment o f E duc a t ion a l Administration and Human Resource Development offers a master’s and doctorate degree with a specialization in higher education administration. Graduates are qualified to serve in mid-level management positions in higher education administration,

teaching and research. The higher education administration faculty are nationally and internationally known. Their areas of expertise include total quality management, student af fairs, faculty development, governance and qualitative research.

For students desiring to work in student development careers, the department also offers a certificate in College Teaching and a master’s degree with a specialization in student affairs administration.

HigHer education administration specialization

master’s curriculum doctorate curriculum

Departmental core course requirements:EDAD 610 • Higher Education LawEDAD 611 • Higher Education Business and FinanceEDAD 639 • Foundations of Educational AdministrationEDAD 655 • Administration of Higher EducationEDAD 684 • Internship (negotiable with work experience)

Departmental core course requirements:EDAD 610 • Higher Education LawEDAD 611 • Higher Education Business and FinanceEDAD 612 • Policy Issues in Administration of Higher EducationEDAD 639 • Foundations of Educational AdministrationEDAD 653 • Nature and Problems of Administrative BehaviorEDAD 655 • Administration of Higher EducationEDAD 651 • Methods of Epistemology and InquiryEDAD 690A • Theory of EDAD Research-STAT IEDAD 690B • Theory of EDAD Research-STAT II-or-EDAD 690 • Theory of EDAD Research-Nat InquiryResearch Electives (6 credit hours of additional statistics/research methods approved by advisor)EDAD 691 • Research (minimum 13 credit hours)Specialization Courses (minimum 9 credit hours approved by advisor)Support Field (maximum 15 credit hours outside department and approved by advisor)

Choose 12 - 18 hours from the following specialization courses:EDAD 612 • Policy Issues in Administration of Higher EducationEDAD 622 • Designing and Managing Quality Educational Systems EDAD 626 • Advanced Issues in Quality Management in EducationEDAD 627 • Case Studies in Higher Education AdministrationEDAD 652 • Politics in EducationEDAD 654 • Problem Resolution in Educational Organizations EDAD 657 • Financial Resource Development in Higher EducationEDAD 669 • The College StudentSupport Field (maximum 15 credit hours outside department and approved by advisor)

Students must complete a minimum of 42 credit hours for the M.S. program. Students must complete a minimum of 73 credit hours in addition to the master’s degree for the Ph.D. program.