Okay, I'm looking at the Texas Tech Website again. I've done this so many times. I need to get this straight. They have several different online doctoral education programs. Let's see if I can get them straight.
Designed for research interventionists, policy specialists, and education professionals who use expert analysis to study education policy issues, evaluate education programs, and inform sustainable education policy. The program is designed for educators, counselors, school leaders, district consultants, educational non-profits, regional service center leaders, and educational professionals.
- Prepares graduates to be critically engaged educational policymakers
- Focus on scholarly practice, research, or teaching at university level
- Practical experiences in research and scholarly communication
Committed to preparing students for roles in teaching, research and engagement in higher education contexts.
- Prepares graduates for executive leadership roles in higher education and to conduct research
- Designed for full-time professionals, but limited Research Assistantships are available for potential full-time students
- Practical experiences in research and scholarly communication
The Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration offers two areas of emphasis: Community College Administration and Higher Education College/University Administration.
This program requires a blended delivery format. All coursework is completed online, but students are required to attend an on-campus new student orientation session and three (3) summer professional development sessions.
Qualified applicants should have full-time professional experience in either a public or private two-year or four-year higher education institution or state or federal educational agency serving higher education. Applicants must show a clear connection to higher education.
- Prepares graduates for executive leadership roles in higher education and to conduct research
- Designed for full-time professionals, but limited Research Assistantships are available for potential full-time students
- Practical experiences in research and scholarly communication
It looks like those last two might be the same. They are definitely both higher education. The question is whether there's a difference between higher education research and administration. I'm not seeing administration in the handbook.
Okay, it seems like there used to be an Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration that was very similar to the Ph.D. but it seems like they may not offer it anymore. I see a handbook for it for 2020-2021, but no further. That's probably what's been confusing me. And they also offer
The handbook for this program makes it clear that it is only for people in the school districts.
They ALSO offer
This seems to be similar to the program at Sam Houston.
So I think that the problem is that the TTU Online and Distance Doctoral Degrees page is out of date. And that's what I've been looking at. I think the page that's more up to date is the College of Education's listing of Graduate degrees.
