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Director and Professor:
Dr. Gary Rhoades

Center for the Study of Higher Education
College of Education
Room 321
P.O. Box 210069
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0069
Phone: 520-626-7313
Fax: 520-621-1875
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Higher Education

Degrees & Programs

Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D.

The doctoral program integrates core courses in Higher Education, an area of concentration, and individually tailored courses of study that encourage students to undertake course-work with faculty in a variety of departments. The core course-work (Finance, Organization and Administration, History and Philosophy of Higher Education) provides a foundation enabling students to comprehend the central socio-political, cultural, organizational, and economic structures comprising and influencing American higher education. The aim is for students to acquire a comprehensive understanding of concepts, theoretical frameworks, and practices in a particular area. Such work is organized to provide a solid foundation forstudents' doctoral dissertation as well as for their particular field of professional work.

The aim within each is for students to acquire a comprehensive understanding of concepts, theoretical frameworks, issues and practices in a particular area. Such work is organized to provide a solid foundation for students' doctoral dissertations as well as for their particular field of professional work. In addition to the concentration, doctoral students pursue a minor. The minor may be in higher education, in some other field (e.g. the student's area of master's work) or split between higher education and some other department.