Higher Education Administration

Overview

With Higher Education Administration from New England College graduates pursue careers in academic advising, admissions and enrollment management, fundraising, career placement, financial aid, student affairs, and related fields.

This program includes a practicum that allows students to gain practical experience before going into the field. Students can complete this degree in as little as 10 months if attending full time and taking two courses per term, or they can attend part time and take one course per term. Graduate assistantships are available.

Graduates with Higher Education Administration from New England College will:

• Identify and articulate implications of contemporary issues for higher education administration

• Apply administrative, leadership, and management practices to the variety of organizational structures found in diverse institutions of higher education

• Employ a broad range of higher education resources and scholarship in program planning, implementation, and assessment

• Connect theory to practice, applying course learn­ing to professional work experiences

• Make data-informed decisions and recommenda­tions related to professional practice

• Develop and hone effective personal and organizational leadership skills

• Effectively advise and help students individual and in group settings

• Develop skills and knowledge required to work with diverse individuals and organizations and foster inclusive communities

• Demonstrate effective and inclusive written and oral communication skills

• Think critically to identify, strategize, and solve issues within higher education