SMU Simmons: Ranked among the top 11 private graduate schools of education in the nation
Our students graduate as higher education practitioners equipped with the knowledge and skills to solve contemporary problems in their organizations and beyond. Not only are our graduates prepared for advancement within their institutions, systems and organizations, they are also poised to assume leadership roles within their professions on all levels.
Ed.D. in Higher Education students are mid-career professionals from a variety of post secondary institutions and settings, which include public and private institutions, community colleges, and state, regional and national governance systems and organizations. Students are engaged with program faculty and their cohort in all course content, as well as the individual development and execution of a problem-based dissertation that benefits them as leaders in post secondary institutions and other organizations. Students graduate as higher education practitioners equipped with the knowledge and skills to solve contemporary problems in their organizations and beyond.
Applications for the Fall 2023 cohort open on August 1, 2022. The priority deadline to apply is February 15, 2023, and the final deadline is April 15, 2023.
Foundations and History of Higher Education
Contemporary Issues in Higher Education
Methods of Systematic Inquiry
Special Topics in Higher Education Policy and Leadership
The College Student
Academic Leadership in Higher Education
Legal Issues in Higher Education
Leading Student Affairs
Qualitative Inquiry
Financial Strategy and Management in Higher Education
Literature Review
Quantitative Inquiry
Leading Diverse Campuses and Systems of Postsecondary Education
Organizational Theory and Higher Education
Leading Change in Higher Education
Public Policy and Higher Education
The Community College
Applied Dissertation (6 credits)
Special Topics in Higher Education Policy and Leadership