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Higher Education Administration

Doctoral student Shakhnoza Yakubova (center), from Kazakhstan, received her master’s of arts degree in higher education administration & student personnel from Kent State University in 2009. She was selected as the 2012 Recent Alumni Award recipient for the College of EHHS's Third Annual Hall of Fame Awards.
Doctoral student Shakhnoza Yakubova (center), from Kazakhstan, received her master’s of arts degree in higher education administration & student personnel from Kent State University in 2009. She was selected as the 2012 Recent Alumni Award recipient for the College of EHHS's Third Annual Hall of Fame Awards.
Forty-two graduate students took part in the 2nd annual hooding ceremony on May 4, 2012 for the Higher Education Administration and Student Personnel program. Students pictured: Tianjun Shen, John Leciejewski, Anthony DiPasqua, Rebecca Ondrovic, Justin Khol, Alyssa Dunlap.
Forty-two graduate students took part in the 2nd annual hooding ceremony on May 4, 2012 for the Higher Education Administration and Student Personnel program. Students pictured: Tianjun Shen, John Leciejewski, Anthony DiPasqua, Rebecca Ondrovic, Justin Khol, Alyssa Dunlap.
Bridget O'Donnell spent nine weeks at American University in Bulgaria in the Student Services Department. Her international experience has changed the way she views international education and has made her a better professional overall.
Bridget O'Donnell spent nine weeks at American University in Bulgaria in the Student Services Department. Her international experience has changed the way she views international education and has made her a better professional overall.

The Higher Education Administration (HIED) program prepares students for careers as highly affective higher education administrators and staff professionals. The coursework prepares students for the varied challenges facing two-year, four-year and graduate institutions today and in the future.

Four (4) doctoral level graduate assistantships (GA) available for fall 2013. FMI.

Overview
The HIED program includes over 100 students working toward a master's or doctoral degree; five program faculty; and over 700 alumni.

Students complete coursework in the areas of college student development, organization and administration of higher education, student affairs, law, employment law, leadership, research, administration of multiculturalism and diversity, and business administration. Electives include topics such as curriculum, women in leadership, the private liberal arts college, history of higher education, international students, college environments, case studies, community and junior colleges, faculty, disability services, politics and power, distance and continuing education, interpersonal and group dynamics, assessment and evaluation, and comparative higher education.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Doctoral Program
Stephen Thomas
330-672-0654
sbthomas@kent.edu

Master's Program
Mark Kretovics
330-672-0642
mkretov1@kent.edu

Certificate Programs
Susan Iverson (College Teaching)
330-672-0653
siverson@kent.edu

Martha Merrill (International)
330-672-2580
mmerril@kent.edu

Tracy Lara (Community College Leadership)
330-672-2580
tlara2@kent.edu

 
 

Announcements of accomplishments by students and alumni are regularly added to our program brag sheet! 

Finally, check out some recent books by HIED faculty:

Business Practices in Higher Education: A Guide for Today’s Administrators (2010), by Mark Kretovics, associate professor

Reconstructing Policy in Higher Education: Feminist Poststructural Perspective (2010), co-editted by Susan Iverson, associate professor

The Challenge of Bologna (2010), by Paul Gaston, Trustee Professor

Public School Law, 6th ed. (2009). Stephen B. Thomas, Nelda H. Cambron-McCabe, & Martha M. McCarthy (Allyn & Bacon); the Chinese edition of this text was published in 2010, by Martha M. McCarthy, Nelda H. Cambron-McCabe, & Stephen B. Thomas.