About the Ed.S. or Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership
Become a Higher Education leader who maintains excellence, inspires innovation, and effects meaningful change.
NLU's Ed.S. or Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership is for those interested in promoting educational justice through ethical, mission-driven leadership in postsecondary institutions. Our practice-based, practitioner-oriented program prepares leaders who understand the complexities, challenges and changing landscape of higher education.
The Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership is a practitioner doctoral program that prepares professionals to:
- Contribute to efficient leadership and management of academic affairs, faculty development and enrollment management
- Identify data needs, select appropriate empirical approaches, and engage in research related to solving complex issues with multiple stakeholders
- Engage in collaborative, evidence-based practices to create, lead, manage and grow programs and initiatives
- Engage in the pursuit of educational justice through critical discussions of equity and rightful presence in education.
- Integrate theories of student development, governance, assessment and continuous improvement into professional practice
Learn more about how NCE's Educational Leadership programs ready educators for high impact leadership in today's educational institutions.
Both of our programs run courses on four 10-week quarters per year. The low residency program meets on three Saturdays (typically the 1st, 5th, and 9th Saturdays) during each of those quarters. The remainder of course work is online. The fully online program is just what it sounds like— all online! Our faculty go out of their way to support students and build community in both formats, including offering optional synchronous zoom sessions with the class, online office hours, and other ways to engage.
At mid-program all students are invited to participate in the Higher Education Leadership Colloquium in-person, but those who cannot or prefer not to may participate online.
The Higher Education Leadership Programs provide extensive student support including assigning faculty advisors in term 1, providing a fully online community space for students to access program resources, offering experiential electives, and connecting students to the broader field through our faculty members’ networks and scholarship.
Questions?
Contact Marci Mazza, Director of Enrollment: MMazza@nl.edu
Ed.S. Higher Education Leadership: Requires 33 SH for completion. Students may be admitted concurrently into Ed.D./Ed.S. programs.
Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership: Requires 60 SH for completion and can be completed in under three years, including all course work and completion of the dissertation.
