Higher Education Administration PhD Program

Mission and Values

Mission

The mission of the Interdisciplinary Executive Ph.D. Program is to offer advanced graduate study to those students aspiring to enhance their leadership knowledge and skill for service in their current positions; to establish knowledge and skill bases for more responsible and executive leadership appointment; to build the capacity and inclination for active participation in policy for service in faculty and policy scholar roles.

This mission is linked to and supports the mission of the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling with its accent on enhancing learning climates, fostering an interdisciplinary atmosphere, and encouraging reflective professional practice.

Program Values

The effectiveness of leaders at any level and in any setting turns on competence and conscience. Technical knowledge and skill are placed in action at the service of core values, which are premier design instruments for organizational cultures and climates. Honoring these core values promotes leadership effectiveness. Neglecting these values places clients and organizations in harm’s way and diminishes the meaning to a college or university – its faculty, staff, and students.

Civility	Affirming the power of human dignity and diversity
Candor	Respecting the power of public forum and the role or dissent and debate
Courage	Acting on conviction and linking belief to action
Responsibility	Accepting care for one’s actions and decisions
Compassion	Caring for person and principle and holding high expectations
Community	Respecting diversity while developing an agenda of common caring
Persistence	Accenting long-range goals and staying the course in face of hardship
Service	Placing the welfare and promise of others before self
Excellence	Calling individuals and organizations to high standards of performance
Justice	Insuring equity in opportunity and recognition

 

Updated 07/07/2009