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Doctor of Management - Higher Education Leadership and Change Concentration

Effective February 2019, this program is no longer available for future enrollments at the Denver South campus.

Effective July 2, 2019, this program is no longer available for future enrollments at the Virtual campus.

The Doctor of Management with a concentration in Higher Education Leadership and Change is a 100-credit-hour terminal degree in management. The program includes 40 credit hours of core management courses, 20 credit hours of higher education leadership and change concentration courses, 4 credit hours of symposium-related courses, and 36 credit hours of doctoral research. The research element will culminate in a dissertation.

The Doctor of Management is a terminal degree for management professionals. The program helps students prepare to think and act strategically and provides the opportunity to enhance their abilities to make positive contributions in their chosen area of management expertise. This degree program addresses current, real-world challenges faced by leaders and teachers in a school environment or organization. This program is for students who want to demonstrate fluency with the higher education leadership body of knowledge and demonstrate the ability to apply relevant knowledge to their chosen field. This program is for those looking to utilize analytical and critical-thinking proficiencies as a means of synthesizing, evaluating, and integrating higher education leadership concepts and knowledge for effective decision analysis, and solution generation, in the context of their managerial interests and responsibilities. This concentration is heavily focused on the challenges leaders and teachers face in dealing with the areas of professional ethics and diversity.

 

This program does not lead to additional licensure or certification.  As such, CTU has made no determination regarding prerequisites for licensure or certification in any state or jurisdiction.

Program Accreditation and Alignments

This program is not accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

Outcomes

Doctor of Management Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate fluency within the chosen discipline and the ability to support business strategy and organizational missions in changing environments
  2. Develop synthesis proficiencies for strategic planning and solution-generation in the context of internal and external managerial responsibilities
  3. Integrate theories, models, skills, and competencies in support of organizational missions

Higher Education Leadership and Change Concentration Learning Outcomes

  1. Apply leadership theory and management principles to academic leadership
  2. Relate legal and regulatory requirements to higher education leadership
  3. Use data to evaluate, justify, and improve institutional effectiveness and ensure learning outcomes are achieved
  4. Design organizational structures and institutional infrastructures to effectively allocate resources to meet goals and objectives
  5. Evaluate historical trends and current environments to prepare higher education institutions for a sustainable future

Degree Requirements

Courses- Concentration

HEDL870Higher Education Organizational Structure and Design

4
HEDL872Higher Education Learning Outcomes

4
HEDL874Policy and Regulatory Practices in Higher Education

4
HEDL876Managing Resources in Higher Education

4
MGMT878Advanced Career Strategies for the Scholar-Practitioner

4
Total Credit Hours:20

Courses- Core

MGMT802Management Theory

4

MGMT808Management and Ethics

4

MGMT818Leadership Theory and Development

4

MGMT822Application of Action Research

4

MGMT824Strategic Thinking and Organizational Alignment

4

MGMT828Practice and Theory of Consulting and Intervention

4

MGMT832Organization Innovation and Scenario Thinking

4

RES804Principles of Research Methods and Design

4
RES812Qualitative Research Methods

4
RES814Quantitative Research Methods

4
RES860Doctoral Research I: Principles of Research and Writing

4
RES861Doctoral Research II: Annotated Bibliography

4
RES862Dissertation Research Process

4
RES863Doctoral Research III: Dissertation Literature Review

4
RES864Doctoral Research IV: Dissertation Methods

4
RES865Doctoral Research V: Dissertation Introduction

4
RES866Doctoral Research VI: Dissertation Findings

4
RES867Doctoral Research VII: Dissertation Discussion and Conclusion

4
RES868Doctoral Research VIII: Dissertation Conclusion

4
SYMP801Doctoral Symposium I

2
SYMP802Doctoral Symposium II

2
Total Credit Hours:80

Total Credit Hours: 100

Program Areas of Focus

The program emphasizes three areas of focus: Research and Writing; Leadership and Change Management; and the specific concentration discipline.

Graduation Requirements

In addition to the successful completion of 100 credit hours with an acceptable GPA, students must also satisfactorily complete their research proposal and final dissertation. The research proposal must be approved by the student’s Research Supervisor and University Reviewer. The dissertation, which must be approved by the student’s dissertation committee, is an extensive document that includes the research study. In addition, graduation requires presentation of the final dissertation.

Symposium

Doctoral programs at Colorado Technical University require a residential symposium. Additional information about CTU's doctoral symposium can be located in the Doctoral Symposium section of this catalog.

Area of Study

  • Business & Management

Degree Level

  • Doctorate