Information Session for MA Program in Higher Education and Student Affairs The Program in Higher and Postsecondary Education prepares individuals for leadership and service in a variety of postsecondary settings.
The Master of Arts program focuses on entry- and midlevel positions in student activities, enrollment management, financial aid, housing and residence life, student life, career services, and similar opportunities in student affairs.
Doctoral programs help individuals develop competencies in such areas as urban college leadership, policy analysis, student affairs, institutional research, fiscal management, and international higher education. Students benefit from strong links with two- and four-year institutions in the metropolitan New York area as well as the frequent and close interaction among students, faculty, and NYU administrators.
Our programs in Business Education focus on careers as teachers of business subjects in community colleges and private (for-profit) business schools and as training specialists who can develop curriculum, administer instruction, and teach within business, industry, and government.
A fully online graduate-level advanced certificate in Quality Assurance in Higher Education offers students opportunities to deepen their understanding of quality assurance policies and practices in all parts of the world and to develop the skills necessary to work in this emerging field. Note: Effective Spring 2011, we are no longer accepting students for this program.
Ph.D. & Ed.D. Programs
M.A. Programs
Certificates
- Advanced Certificate in Business Education (post masters)
- Advanced Certificate in Workplace Learning (post baccalaureate)
- Online Advanced Certificate in Quality Assurance in Higher Education (post baccalaureate) Note: Effective Spring 2011, we are no longer accepting students for this program.
News and Highlights
- Ginelle John, student in the Ph.D. program, has been awarded the 2010 NCAA Graduate Student Research Grant for her project "Black Male College Athletes: Capital and Educational Outcomes" and will be presenting at the conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in November. Her study examines the relationship between Black college football and basketball players' SES, high school social and academic activities, college activities and their educational outcomes.
- Dr. Robert Teranishi, associate professor of higher education, has recently published Asians in the Ivory Tower: Dilemmas of Racial Inequality in American Higher Education from Teacher's College Press, an examination of the experience of Asian Americans in higher education.