Doctor of Education- Ed. D. Higher Education

Doctor of Education - Higher Education

Program Overview
This program is for those who currently serve in, or aspire to, administrative positions in academic affairs, student affairs, admissions, financial aid and enrollment management, and planning and development.

Degree Requirements
A student must meet all of the following requirements before an Ed.D. is awarded:

admission to the program;
achievement of matriculation;
advancement to candidacy;
successful completion of a minimum of 90 graduate credits in consultation with one's adviser. Forty-five of these credits must be taken at Seton Hall University, following admission to the program;
successful completion of an internship experience, where required;
successful completion of a portfolio review; and
successful oral defense of a doctoral-level dissertation.

Admission Requirements
All application materials must be received by February 1 for the Fall Semester and by October 1 for the Spring Semester.
Admission requirements are:

a master's degree in an appropriate field;
a superior academic record (two official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate coursework required);
recent (within five years) scores on the Miller Analogies Test or Graduate Record Exam, which indicate the potential for success in doctoral-level work;
resume of professional background;
statement of personal and professional goals, with an indication of the specialization to be pursued;
three letters of recommendation regarding one's potential for doctoral study; and
a personal interview.

Matriculation
Doctoral students will be considered for matriculation after completing 18 core course credits and by demonstrating competence in the core by successfully passing a qualifying written examination**.

The core courses are:

ELMP 6005 Statistical Methods
ELMP 7765 Policy Analysis in Administration
ELMP 8891 Directed Research in Administration and Supervision
ELMP 8986 Qualitative Research
ELMP 6101 Introduction to Higher Education as a Field of Study
ELMP 9993 Organization and Governance of Higher Education
ELMP 9997 Historical Development of American Higher Education

Students are prohibited from taking additional credits until successfully passing the qualifying written examination and will have only two opportunities to pass the qualifying written examination.

**Beginning Fall 2003, all students admitted into the doctoral program must meet the following criteria for passing the Qualifying Examination:

A minimum total score of 80 is needed to pass. If a total score of 80 is not achieved, the student must re-take the entire Qualifying Examination.
In addition to achieving a total score of 80, students must score a minimum of 15 in each of the five sections. Even if a student scores the minimum score of 80, but fails to score of a minimum of 15 on each section of the examination, the student must re-take the section on which they scored below 15.

Advancement to Candidacy (Comprehensive)
In order to advance to candidacy, doctoral students must pass a comprehensive performance-based assessment upon completion of most of the required coursework. The doctoral student, with departmental approval, will determine the form the assessment will take, i.e., portfolio assessment, case studies, written examination, etc. The more authentic, performance-based assessment will tie the knowledge and understanding, what the student knows; with performance, what the student can do. Upon successful completion of the comprehensive performance-based assessment, the student will be advanced to candidacy.

Course Requirements

For More Information, Contact
Dr. Joseph Stetar

973-275-2730

stetarjo@shu.edu