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Higher Education Division
The Higher Education division (HED) provides students with a broad understanding of higher education and of the most successful practices of campus management. Our faculty focus their research on access and equity; diversity and higher education; policy and public financing; civic engagement; organizational change; and the impact of the marketplace on colleges and universities.
Programs focus on higher education administration with specialized electives in policy, finance, law, fundraising/development, and organizational theory. Students are prepared for careers as on-campus leaders at colleges and universities and as scholars of higher education.
The Higher Education division offers a complete set of degree programs: a master's degree, a traditional-format Ed.D., and a Ph.D. in the Higher Education program as well as an executive-format Ed.D. through our Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management.
HED offers the following programs: Higher Education and The Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management. For an overview of program essentials, click here.
For information on Higher Education programs, call 215-898-2444 or e-mail pme@gse.upenn.edu.
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