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Residency Goals

Residency Goals—Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education Administration

The Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education Administration includes two mandatory residencies.

Year One Residency (five days)

This residency establishes a theoretical and practical framework for learners to build foundational competencies to succeed in the doctoral program.

  • Learners will actualize theory and practice to cultivate personal and group learning.
  • Learners will integrate critical and creative processes to initiate lifelong leadership development.
  • Learners will develop a scholar-practitioner-leader voice to communicate across boundaries.
  • Learners will review and apply models of ethical, inclusive and compassionate behavior within the doctoral learning community.
  • Learners will apply research-based reflective processes to understand individual and shared epistemological and ontological positions.
Year Three Residency (five days)

This residency explores various aspects of daily work in higher education administration with a focus on the professional development of the learner. Topics include:

  • Grant writing
  • Program proposal development
  • Scholarship and writing for publication
  • Identifying external funding sources
  • Involvement in professional associations
  • Updating or developing a curriculum vitae

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Doctoral Dissertations

As a University of Phoenix learner, writing your doctoral or PhD dissertation can be a rewarding—and life-changing—experience.