Hear Dr. Susana Muñoz explain how this online Ph.D. program helps students better understand and discuss challenges like equity and justice in the higher education landscape, and also become more comfortable with their own voices as transformational leaders.
Online Ph.D. in higher education from CSU
Develop the competencies you need to successfully and ethically lead higher education institutions with a Ph.D. in higher education leadership. Send a clear message to your current employer that you are committed to the mission of your institution, and gain skills that can be applied immediately to the challenges you face as a professional through a program that:
Instills and reinforces a commitment to crucial engagement of diversity and equity by addressing issues of privilege and oppression.
Develops research knowledge and skills that enable students to become scholar-practitioners and expand their knowledge about higher education organizations, practice, and outcomes.
Cultivates the key competencies needed to be a successful and ethical higher education leader and change agent.
Prepare to advance as an administrative leader
With a specific focus on universities and colleges, this program provides the practical knowledge needed to advance your administrative career in higher education. Your studies will prepare you to take on leadership roles in:
Enrollment management
Student services
Higher education administration
Academic support leadership
Housing and auxiliary services
Join a program that fosters success
CSU’s Ph.D. in educational leadership sets itself apart with a 95% retention rate of its students, much higher than the national average of 50%. Here are a few reasons why:
The program’s online format allows you to obtain a doctorate while remaining employed full time.
With a cohort structure, the same group of students begins, proceeds through, and completes the program together. This fosters support and allows you to network with others across the country who hold similar positions in higher education institutions.
Faculty members provide frequent and meaningful opportunities for one-on-one interactions through video conferencing, online discussions, email, and text.
John Carmichael, a graduate of the program, had this to say:
“You hear stories of people who get lost in Ph.D. programs and a decade goes by and they’re still working on their dissertation or taking another course. That has not been at all the experience for me, or I think any of the other people in this program.”
Gain real-world insight from scholar-practitioners
Learn from active scholars who incorporate their experience as administrators and teachers into coursework. The faculty in this online Ph.D. in higher education are skilled educators with industry expertise and extensive careers in higher education, including former vice presidents and college presidents.
CHHS research podcast
Find out how CSU’s research is making an impact by tuning into the CHHS Health and Human Science Matters Podcast, a collection of lively, engaging conversations with members of the college community.
