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The primary mission of the Department of Educational Leadership is the development of individuals for leadership roles at all levels of education and related business/industry enterprises. Its scope includes PK-12 Education Leadership , Higher Education Leadership , and Workforce Education and Development . Our Department offers several programs, many of which involve theoretical constructs and practitioner training for those interested in careers as public or private educational leaders, policy analysis, and teachers in business and industry occupations that require educational and leadership skills or degrees focusing on educational research.

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Higher Education Leadership Doctoral Program

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Program Overview

We offer an exciting, dynamic Ph.D. program that prepares individuals for professional and faculty positions in higher education leadership and policy, student personnel services, community college leadership, and athletic administration and as workplace learning and performance professionals in for-profit and nonprofit industry settings. We place a high premium on research and balance it with equal attention to the nuances of leadership, management, and policy work.

The program consists of a rigorous, innovative combination of courses and practical experiences divided into five segments-program core, research core, specialization strand, internship, and dissertation.

The program core provides all students with a solid foundation that undergirds the area of emphasis. Courses in workplace and higher education issues, law, economics, finance, history, and organization theory are reserved exclusively for doctoral students.

The research core requires students to take a solid cognate from faculty in one of the nation's top 20 educational psychology programs along with additional departmental requirements and research electives.

The specialization strand affords students the opportunity to specialize in one of five tracks: workplace learning and performance, higher education leadership and policy, student personnel services leadership, community college leadership, or athletic administration.

All students are required to engage in an internship experience. Internships enable students to apply theory to practice. Internship placements are available in a variety of professional settings including UNLV, the Community College of Southern Nevada, Nevada State College , the Nevada System of Higher Education administrative departments, as well as in neighboring institutions of higher education and government policy and business environments.

The final, and perhaps most crucial, program component is the dissertation phase, which includes a proposal writing course. In this phase, you hone your research and professional interests by exploring in great detail one particular aspect of your area of emphasis. In doing so, you establish yourselves as scholars and experts in your specialization.