CAGS - Educational Leadership and Management: Higher Education Administration
Graduate Program Chair
Randy Howe, EdD
Graduate Committee
Lynne Celli-Sarasin, PhD
Charles Conroy, EdD
Edward Philbin, EdD
The CAGS in Education Leadership and Management: Higher Education Administration is currently under review and not accepting students.
Program Objectives
The key objectives of the CAGS in Educational Leadership and Management: Higher Education Administration Program are to prepare and develop students with the necessary skills and competencies to administer programs in universities, colleges, and junior colleges; to teach and conduct research in educational environments of all types; and to provide leaders for higher educational institutions and its related professions.
Program Description
The CAGS Program in Educational Leadership and Management: Higher Education Administration is designed for students with the desire to:
- Assume the role of college administrators and policy makers, admissions directors, student personnel administrators, deans, directors of institutional advancement, fund raising at junior colleges, senior colleges and universities.
- Pursue executive positions in cultural, educational, business, government, public policy and human service organizations and agencies.
- Demonstrate through course work and field-based experiences the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are required to lead and manage an educational enterprise effectively and efficiently.
Cohorts and Careers
The CAGS program is deliberately limited in enrollment and to students with interests related to the program areas of concentration to assure attention to the student's professional needs. Students come from varied academic backgrounds and institutional types and usually have some experience working in a higher education setting. Each entering cohort of students share some common courses and experiences.
Most students enter administrative, analytic or policy positions. Their initial work usually is in positions reflecting their areas of concentration in settings such as:
- University, college or community college administration;
- Public policy organizations and agencies in postsecondary education;
- Postsecondary continuing education in higher educational institutions, professional association, business or government.
Admissions Standards and Criteria
To apply for enrollment in the CAGS in Educational Leadership and Management Program, candidates must submit documents as outlined in the Graduate Admissions section as well as:
- Official transcript a of Master's degree from a regionally accredited institution
- MAT/GRE/GMAT exams not required
Program Requirements
A minimum of 36 graduate credits is required to complete the CAGS program. The program curriculum consists of:
Three transition courses from the general Educational Leadership and Management track
A core of tightly-focused concentration courses intended to increase the student's knowledge about and understanding of the interrelated, societal, institutional, and personal dimensions of higher and postsecondary education.
An internship of 300 clock hours to be completed within one year allows each student to link their academic work to their own professional development needs.
Program of Study
Transition Courses
The following are the basic courses required of CAGS students in the Educational Leadership and Management Program:
EDLM 8010 Human Resources 3 S.H.
EDLM 8020 Law for the Educator 3 S.H.
EDLM 8050 Seminar: Research in Educational Leadership 3 S.H.
Concentration Courses
EDLM 9026 History of Higher Education 3 S.H.
EDLM 9030 Leadership Theory 3 S.H.
EDLM 9040 Organizational Issues 3 S.H.
EDLM 9050 College and University Teaching 3 S.H.
EDLM 9060 Social Context 3 S.H.
EDLM 9070 Strategic Planning in Higher Education 3 S.H.
EDLM 9080 Practicum in Higher Education Administration 6 S.H.
Elective Course 3 S.H.
Total for CAGS 36 S.H.
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