Higher Education Administration PhD Program

Special Program Features

Issues and Inquiry Seminar

During the second year of study, an Issues and Inquiry Seminar will be offered on one full Saturday each month. This seminar will explore contemporary issues facing higher education in the early years of the 21 st century, with readings designed to bring students into engagement with the best scholars and literature at work on these issues. Issues explored will include finance and cost containment, quality assurance and accountability, scholarship definition and assessment, governance, marketplace and privatization pressures, etc.

The “inquiry” dimension of the seminar will continue the emphasis on research design of the previous year’s work and will be specifically designed to yield an acceptable dissertation prospectus.

Visiting Scholar Series

Each year, students in the doctoral program will have the opportunity to hear visiting scholars from other departments of The University of Tennessee, exemplar leaders from other colleges and universities across the nation, and policy/research scholars from other higher education programs nationwide. In some cases, visiting scholar appearances will be arranged in partnership with college and university officials for presentation an dialogue in a college or university forum.

Updated 06/19/2009