Florida International University Doctoral Degree (Ed. D.) in HIGHER EDUCATION

INTRODUCTION
We are pleased that you are interested in the Doctoral Program in Higher Education.  We enthusiastically invite you to pursue this degree and hope your pursuit will add to your life both personally and professionally.  We expect this planning guide will be helpful in answering your questions.  If you have need of further information, please contact us.

Core Faculty
Dr. Michael D Parsons, Program Leader
parsonsm@fiu.edu
Pines Center (Pembroke Pines) 954/201-3713; University Park (Miami) 305/348-3418
Dr. Richard Correnti
correnti@fiu.edu
Pines Center (Pembroke Pines) 954/201-3713; University Park (Miami) 305/348-6667
Dr. Greg Dubrow
dubrowg@fiu.edu
Pines Center (Pembroke Pines) 954/201-3713; University Park (Miami) 305/348-3208
Dr. Janice Sandiford, Program Leader
sandifor@fiu.edu
Pines Center (Pembroke Pines) 954/201-3713; University Park (Miami) 305/348-3996

Affiliated Faculty
Professor Ana Sippin
Professor Beverly Dalrymple
Professor Brian Haynes
Professor Catherine Akens
Professor George Simms
Professor Helen Ellison
Professor John Bonanno
Professor Larry Lunsford
Professor Rosa Jones

GOALS OF THE PROGRAM
As a field, higher education is broad and interdisciplinary; it constantly engages and examines theory and practice. Higher Education is grounded in the belief that it is important to engage in scholarly discourse about understanding, critiquing, and improving practice in educational settings. The Higher Education doctoral program provides a professional development service to the community of educators and potential educators in South Florida by linking the professional knowledge base with the world of practice. The program is designed to stimulate participant research and development related to higher education in urban settings, particularly in the development of innovative instructional and administrative approaches of individual's current and future work. As many of the students are employed in some capacity full time, the higher education program is practitioner oriented, providing for part-time students who wish to attend classes in the evening. In addition, the program interfaces with the International, Intercultural Development Education program (IIDE) serving higher education developmental needs internationally.

The program provides advanced preparation for education practitioners who hold leadership and policy responsibilities in instruction and administration. In cooperation with local community colleges and universities, Florida International University, provides the opportunity for the development of curricular, instructional, and administrative leadership for the area's institutions of higher education. The following goals flow from the theoretical and philosophical framework and present five critical dimensions of program study: organization, policy, change, curriculum and profession.

The Higher Education doctoral program is designed to develop leaders for urban and international settings who:

• Work effectively with existing organizational structures while seeking to improve them;
• Create and implement cutting edge higher education policy based on enhanced skills as professional educators, researchers, and theory builders;
• Design, organize and implement changes in higher education that are theoretically grounded;
• Explore the theory and practice of college teaching, professional development, and the nature of students in the post-secondary environment;
• Engage in program and curriculum development and evaluation of higher education;
• Develop technological capabilities essential to higher education leadership in administration and instruction ranging from on-line communication, research, instructional applications and administrative applications;
• Apply concepts, techniques, and skills to identify and solve complex problems and improve practice in higher education and
• Pursue research and scholarly activity in urban higher education.