Online PhD in Higher :: Accredited Universities

The ability to influence educational change through policy and educational reform requires a broad knowledge-base of how higher education works. In the Leadership in Higher Education specialization, you will explore a variety of topics specific to higher education, including how higher education is organized, how it is financed, legal issues and the history of higher education. You will have the opportunity to take an in depth look at community colleges, and will conduct research and analysis to identify future directions of national and global higher education. As a graduate, you will be prepared to pursue positions as an educator in higher education institutions with a research agenda, or researcher for organizations focusing on the direction of higher education.

Entry Requirements

Admission to Northcentral University's Doctoral Degree program in the School of Education requires a conferred Master's degree from an accredited academic institution. Applicants holding other doctoral degrees (MD, DO, DC, DDS, DVM, etc.) may be admitted into a doctoral program at the discretion of the Dean.

International applicants
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If English is the second language of a student, an official score demonstrating English proficiency is required for admission.

TOEFL

iBT - 79
pBT - 550

IELTS - 6.5
PTE - 53

Other Fees

Average book cost per course: $110

Learning Management Fee (one-time per program): $250

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This course allows eligible candidates to be awarded a Doctorate based on previously completed research and proven quality publications in a specialised area of interest to the Faculty.

This degree is of a higher standing than the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and is awarded for independent and original research which constitutes a substantial and distinguished contribution to the knowledge and understanding of any branch of learning with which the Faculty is concerned.

A candidate's work should demonstrate a high degree of innovative thinking in terms of the development and testing of hypotheses and discovery and should be recognised as such by the scientific community.

Entry Requirements

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of this University or equivalent.
At least four years of clinical training in medicine and the ability to satisfy the Faculty as to competence in medicine.

Other Fees

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

Notes

Eligible for Australian Research Scheme funding.

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CSU's Doctor of Business Administration is a research higher degree that provides an opportunity for experienced business and public sector personnel to refine and extend their business knowledge and skill at an advanced level.

This research focused course is designed to extend professional business, management or administrative knowledge. In this way the course is designed for candidates who have a strong practical business or management background and are interested in developing deeper analytical, research and problem solving skills.

As a research-based professional doctorate, the CSU Doctor of Business Administration provides strongly industry focused and practically relevant education. It produces better informed, skilled and reflective professional practitioners and, in doing so, equips professionals for diverse and changing work contexts by offering the development of skills and knowledge that will have enduring benefits.

The Doctor of Business Administration is designed to develop an advanced level of research capability which equips candidates with a knowledge base to make a significant contribution to business professional practice through the conduct of original research.

Entry Requirements

Students must have completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) or another Master degree in a business discipline area from a recognised Australian or international tertiary institution. Students must have achieved a Credit average (or equivalent) in their MBA (or equivalent) studies as a demonstration of their capacity to undertake postgraduate work at an advanced level.

In addition to acceptable academic qualifications, an applicant for admission shall:

Have a minimum of five years' of relevant business experience, and

Be working in business or have access to business where practical requirements of the program and the research can be undertaken.

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees ($100/course)

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

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Do you want to pursue a leadership role in the community college setting? Are you dedicated to the mission and philosophy of community colleges? This online doctoral program is for you!

This online community college leadership program's curriculum was developed in conjunction with current community college leaders. You will learn about workforce development, student issues, and the community college role in higher education, and be prepared to serve in key leadership positions in community colleges around the nation.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must have earned master's degree form an accredited institution.

Requires TOEFL score for non-native English speakers (ODU requires a score of 550 on the paper-based TOEFL, and a 79-80 on the iBT)

Other Fees

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A doctoral award is the highest award that the UK Higher Education system can confer. It is usually seen as a pre-requisite to an academic career and should be anticipated as an extremely challenging and demanding programme of study. Students accepted onto the programme need a strong creative and academic track record, usually including published work; supervisors will be widely published, experienced academics, and regarded as experts in their field.

The PhD in Creative Writing is still relatively new to the academy and brings with it special challenges since it privileges creative output over critical reflection, whilst combining the two. Research in Creative Writing is achieved through praxis as well as through more formal or traditional critical strategies. Critical reflection may also be approached through aspects of creative writing practice in the most adventurous doctoral theses.

Students should expect to have all their ideas and pre-conceptions challenged during doctoral study and to embark upon a relationship with their supervisor that is intensely demanding, both intellectually and emotionally. This is especially true of the Creative Writing PhD where there is an inevitably close emotional connection to the creative work being critiqued. It is important that a strong structure exists for such a relationship and that both supervisors and students have a clear understanding of what to expect from the process.

Other Fees

Tuition fee for part time study per annul and for two years

Domestic - £1,998

International - £6,470

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