Ed.D. in Higher Education and Organizational at Illinois Benedictine University
Introduction
The Ed.D. program is intended for practicing professionals who wish to accelerate their career path or who seek to join the higher education community from other professions. It opens the door to administrative advancement and teaching opportunities at the collegiate level, whether university, community college, for-profit or non-for-profit. This program will provide you with both the perspective and the tools to anticipate and lead change in higher education.
Mission Statement
The mission of the doctoral program is to prepare educational professionals with the knowledge and skills to guide postsecondary institutions in an era of unprecedented change.
Overview
The program is taught in an executive format featuring a cohort group that meets on designated weekends (Saturday and Sunday) approximately every third weekend for 16 weekends per year through the first two years. The third year will be dedicated to completion of the dissertation. The cohort group typically consists of 15-25 students who proceed through the coursework together. From beginning to end, mentoring support will be provided to the cohort members. From the first year on, basic work on the dissertation will begin with the aid of a dedicated advisor so that the student can complete his or her dissertation in three years.
During the first year of the program, students complete core courses that provide a strong knowledge base in the principles and practices of higher education and organizational change. In the second year, students complete core courses and study advanced topics. The third year is dedicated to completing a dissertation that involves designing and implementing a significant organization intervention to achieve best practice.
The energy for the program comes from the extensive interaction and collaboration among the excellent peers making up the cohort. This interaction is so critical that students have the choice of collaborating on a joint dissertation project to meet the dissertation requirement. This is a unique option designed to achieve change management expertise through collaborative effort. Students may also choose to do the dissertation project independently
The program requires mastery of core theory and practice in the entire range of subject areas that is higher education. The goal is to produce effective practitioners who can use knowledge to achieve best practice in their areas of service. The content areas are taught by seasoned managers and administrators in the field of higher education. The overarching goal of the program is to develop academic professionals who can help make the critical changes necessary to keep American higher education the best in the world.
Curriculum
Year 1
HEO 700 Higher Education in the United States (4.5)
HEO 710 Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Educational Research (4.5)
HEO 720 Patterns of Public Funding in Higher Education (4.5)
HEO 730 Student Development and Services (4.5)
HEO 740 Cultural Assessment and Cultural Change (4.5)
HEO 750 Advancement Strategies in Higher Education (4.5)
HEO 760 Human Resource Management (4.5)
HEO 770 Dissertation Research Seminar I (4.5)
Year 2
HEO 800 Modes of Pedagogy (4.5)
HEO 810 Financial Management in Higher Education (4.5)
HEO 820 Business Process Design (4.5)
HEO 830 Career Management in Higher Education (4.5)
HEO 840 Principles and Practices of Budgeting (4.5)
HEO 850 Conflict Resolution and Mediation (4.5)
HEO 860 Enrollment Management (4.5)
HEO 870 Dissertation Research Seminar II (4.5)
Year 3
HEO 891 Dissertation I (9)
HEO 892 Dissertation II (9)
HEO 893 Dissertation III (9)
HEO 894 Results (9)
Note: Students may elect to subtitute HEO 900, Self-Directed Study (4.5) for one regular course during the first two years of the program, with the exception of HEO 770 and 870.
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