硕士到博士 Program

The student services and higher education administration concentration provides students with a clear grounding in higher education and student services principles, 实践, 和方法. This prepares students to draw from and apply critical 理论, transformative learning, experiential learning, self-directed learning and andragogy in their research. This complements and provides a strong basis for student services and higher education’s focus on action research and methodological innovation. With an emphasis on collaborative learning, this concentration incorporates collegiality among and between students and faculty. Opportunities are available for learning through teaching, 一个实习, and directed consultation and research.

The adult education, social innovation, and entrepreneurship concentration draws from entrepreneurial ideas, 值, 世界观, 和实践s and applies them in education, 业务, 以及其他领域. It does so by providing students with a clear grounding in action research and adult education principles, 实践, 和方法, which underpin social innovation and entrepreneurial strategies. This will better prepare students to draw from and apply critical 理论, transformative learning, experiential learning, self-directed learning, and andragogy in their applied and/or participatory action-oriented research.

The organizational leadership and program evaluation concentration offers students a clear grounding in program evaluation and organizational leadership theories, 实践 和方法. It does so by preparing students to apply program evaluation and leadership theories in their research, 和实践. This concentration expands beyond traditional research and evaluation 实践 to include developmental and action-oriented forms of evaluation and assessment, learning about effective leadership in organizations, measuring the efficacy of existing and new programs, and expanding methodological competencies for innovative evaluation and leadership 实践.