Siena Heights University
Leadership: Higher Education
Master of Arts Degree
Available in Adrian and Online.
The Higher Education Leadership program is designed to provide high-quality professional education to students
who are currently employed in, or pursuing a career in high education. The focus of the program is the personal
and professional development of the individual as a leader/administrator in post-secondary institutions today.
Specific emphasis is placed on student development, effective instruction and assessment, and using technology
in higher education to support instructional and administrative tasks. Furthermore, policies and procedures will be
examined, along with the planning and evaluation of programs, to ensure organizational and student success.
I.
Course Requirements
A. Common Core Courses
1.
LDR 601
Leadership Theory
2.
LDR 602
Research and Professional Writing
3.
LDR 630
Organizational Culture and Communication
4.
LDR 640
Finance & Quantitative Leadership
5.
LDR 645
History of Higher Education
6.
LDR 660
Strategic Leadership 18 credit hours
3
3
3
3
3
3
B. Higher Education Leadership Concentration
1.
LDR 604
Ethics and Social Justice
2.
LDR 612
Higher Education Law
3.
LDR 622
Student Development Theory
4.
LDR 623
Teaching and Technology in Higher Education
5.
LDR 624
Organization and Administration in Higher Education
6.
LDR 635
Program Planning and Evaluation 18 credit hours
3
3
3
3
3
3
II. Total for Major
36 credit hours
As part of the graduate program in Higher Education Leadership at Siena Heights University,
students will:
1. Explain how economic, political, and social content has framed higher education developments over
time.
2. Recognize changes in American higher education that have occurred during the past four centuries
that have transformed institutional awareness, their mission, scope, populations, financing, and
governance.
3. Explore how participation in higher education has been impacted by issues of class, culture, ethnicity,
gender, race, religious affiliation, and sexual orientation.
4. Assess the historical dynamics that have nurtured the academic values of teaching, research, and
service in changing the American culture in regard to higher education.
5. Describe the key areas of higher education history, including: the colonial colleges, republican higher
education, the Jacksonian era, higher education innovation in the mid-1800s, the rise of the
university, the expansion of institutions and enrollment of the early 20 th century, and higher education
since World War II.
Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2016-2018
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