The Ph.D. program is designed to prepare students for academic, administrative, policy, and research positions in higher education, non-profit, and governmental settings. Students develop competencies needed to contribute substantively to the academic discipline of higher education, as well as to the development of higher education as a force in economic and technological development, intellectual and cultural advancement, and international cooperation. Recent graduates are working in positions such as: tenure-track faculty and postdoctoral fellowship appointments in research universities; research and analyst roles in an institution, state system, or think tank; and administrative leadership appointments in campus and system offices of public service, diversity, government relations, student success, and institutional research.
Brittley Blount, Graduate Programs Administrator brittley.blount@uga.edu 706-542-1057
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All applications to the Ph.D. program are reviewed holistically to ensure that the program is a good fit for an applicant's academic and professional interests and abilities. Because the Ph.D. program is a research-intensive degree, the admissions process emphasizes an applicant's research interests and their alignment with the McBee IHE curriculum and/or the expertise of Institute faculty. The most competitive applicants typically have significant exposure to research in a master’s program and/or through professional experience on a campus or higher education agency. Although the Ph.D. program is primarily designed for full-time students, we also admit students interested in part-time enrollment. Criteria and standards for admission are the same for full-time and part-time students.
Students admitted to the Institute's doctoral programs typically have already earned a master's degree. Exceptions are approved in certain circumstances. Application packet will include: Completed Graduate School Online Application Current résumé or curriculum vitae The applicant's statement of interest (maximum of 500 words) Three letters of recommendation Unofficial transcripts from all previously attended institutions are acceptable as part of the application review process. However, official transcripts will be required if admitted to the program.
| EDHI 8010 | Higher Education in the United States | 3 |
| EDHI 8990 | Introduction to Research on Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 9050 | Organization and Governance of Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 9070 | College Choice, Access, and Success | 3 |
Choose 3 course(s) from the following:
| EDHI(HIST) 8000 | History of U.S. Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 8410 | Economic Applications to Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 9060 | Social Theory and Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 9500 | Policy Studies in Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 8910 | Quantitative Methods in Higher Education I | 3 |
| EDHI 8910L | Quantitative Methods in Higher Education I Laboratory | 1 |
| EDHI 8920 | Quantitative Methods in Higher Education II | 3 |
| EDHI 8920L | Quantitative Methods in Higher Education II Laboratory | 1 |
| EDHI 8930 | Qualitative Research in Higher Education I | 3 |
| EDHI 8940 | Qualitative Research in Higher Education II | 3 |
Advanced Methods Course (3 hours)
EDHI Advanced methods Course in Quant or Qual One additional three hour methods course is required beyond the courses listed above. Here, students are encouraged to develop their methodological specialty.
Students may choose, with advisor approval, a course that focuses on qualitative methods, case-study methods, or advanced quantitative methods.
NOTE: Students entering the program without exposure to coursework covering principles of basic inferential statistics should enroll in EDHI 8910 and EDHI 8910L (or an equivalent) prior to taking EDHI 8920.
Choose 12 credit hour(s) from the following:
| EDHI 7650 | Applied Project in Higher Education | 3-18 |
| EDHI(HIST) 8000 | History of U.S. Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 8020 | Community Colleges in the U.S. | 3 |
| EDHI 8200 | Institutional Research | 3 |
| EDHI 8300 | The Law and Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 8400 | Finance of Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 8410 | Economic Applications to Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 8500 | Outreach and Public Service in the University | 3 |
| EDHI 8600 | Assessment in Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 8700 | State Systems of Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 8890 | Seminar in Higher Education | 1-3 |
| EDHI 8960 | Introduction to the United States Postsecondary Education National DataSets | 3 |
| EDHI 8970 | Social and Statistical Network Analysis | 3 |
| EDHI 9010 | Academic Programs in Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 9020 | Critical Issues in Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 9040 | Using Technology in the College Classroom | 3 |
| EDHI 9060 | Social Theory and Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 9100 | The Professoriate | 3 |
| EDHI 9200 | Leadership in Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 9210 | Strategy and Management in Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 9400 | Comparative Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 9500 | Policy Studies in Higher Education | 3 |
| EDHI 9630 | Critique of Educational Literature in Higher Education | 2-6 |
| EDHI 9700 | Internship in Higher Education | 1-6 |
| EDHI 9000 | Doctoral Research | 1-9 |
| EDHI 9300 | Doctoral Dissertation | 1-9 |
| GRSC 7001 | GradFIRST: First-year Research and Scholarship Training Seminar | 1 |
Select additional courses, as needed, in consultation with an advisor to meet the minimum number of required credit hours for this program.