Education Specialist with a specialization in Higher Education Leadership
The Education Specialist (EdS) program at Aspen University is an innovative, specialized program that offers a focused curriculum, which connects theoretical underpinnings to the application of new knowledge in real-world settings. This program aims to benefit professionals from a variety of disciplines and seeks to build skills in a range of areas related to culturally responsive leadership that results in highly effective outcomes. Through Aspen University’s online model of both independent work blended with collaboration, students investigate concepts and practice building their skills in leadership, administration, and transformative change. This EdS degree will allow learners to develop the expertise to effectively lead an organization, understand the dynamics impacting the creation of an enduring and effective strategic plan, and lead positive organizational change around current policy and critical issues.
This program is not designed as a teacher certification program, and different states and municipalities often have specific requirements concerning different appropriate degree programs. Depending on your goals for this program, please check with your local and state regulatory requirements for teacher certification.
Degree Requirements: 33 credits
Program Learning Goals
It is intended that Graduates of the Aspen University Education Specialist with a specialization in Higher Education Leadership program will learn or be able to do the following:
- Collaborative and Ethical Leadership: Apply collaborative problem-solving techniques that move teams towards goal achievement. Graduates will adhere to the ethical standards of their field and will model this framework for colleagues.
- Transformational Leadership: Implement theoretical and practical models of leadership that motivate and transform individuals to achieve together and to participate in personal, professional growth.
- Reflective Scholarship: Reflect on their own effectiveness as a team member and a leader by comparing their performance to the achievement of established goals by using evidence-based decision-making.
- Higher Education Leadership: Apply advanced level skills for leadership roles in higher education settings while leading college and university administrators and faculty in accreditation policies and practices, strategies for developing scholarship and inclusive governance, historical and legal perspectives, and financial management.
Academic Schedule
Courses
| EDD830 | Leadership Theory | 3 |
| RSH900 | Doctoral Writing and Inquiry into Research | 3 |
| EDD832 | Human Potential and Motivation | 3 |
| EDD834 | Creating Strategic Change That Lasts | 3 |
| RSH910 | Research Design and Methodology | 3 |
| EDH810 | Historical and Legal Perspectives in Higher Education | 3 |
| EDH812 | Student Affairs and Development in Higher Education | 3 |
| EDH814 | Accountability and Accreditation | 3 |
| EDH816 | Strategic Planning | 3 |
| EDH818 | Financial Management and Enrollment Development | 3 |
| RSH916 | Problem-Based Research in Action | 3 |
Additional Information
All doctoral programs at Aspen University must be completed with 10 years of the initial date of enrollment.