MAJOR

Higher Education Administration

Major

Overview

A program that focuses on the principles and practice of administration in four-year colleges, universities and higher education systems, the study of higher education as an object of applied research, and which may prepare individuals to function as administrators in such settings. Includes instruction in higher education economics and finance; policy and planning studies; curriculum; faculty and labor relations; higher education law; college student services; research on higher education; institutional research; marketing and promotion; and issues of evaluation, accountability and philosophy.

Leaders Who Majored in Higher Education Administration

Ken Barry

Club Director,

Boys and Girls Club of Northwest Indiana

Edward Leach

Executive Director,

National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD)

Dustin Liu

UNA-USA Youth Observer to the United Nations,

United Nations Association of the United States of America

Katherine Perez

Program Coordinator,

Arizona State University

Sean McComb

Teacher,

Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts