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FutureEdLead1

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  1. Hi I am looking for good MPP/ MPA programs that have considerable courses as well as internships with major emphasis on higher education policy. I could not find good programs except U-Mich and U-Penn dual. Please suggest!
  2. That makes my search very much focused. I will be looking for UMich-like alternatives and yes, two year programs have higher probability of success here. Also, I don't see any difficulty in quantitative and mathematical stuff. I am an engineer btw. Although I could not 'name' multiple programs and compare them, I have got much specific things to work-with. Especially, I am now concerned about the specific courses and program content than merely university name and brand. At present, U-Mich, POLS @ SUSE and Peabody's Higher Edu Policy are on my list. Thank you ZeChocMoose and Michigan girl. This thread has been wonderfully revealing! I hope I can PM you if I still have specific queries. Thanks :-)
  3. Yes, your inferences are correct. Hence, 'my type of programs' would be leaning towards research and policy work than sheer administration. Also, they will include paid or voluntary internships in summer etc. I will also need assistantships not only for fund but also to get closely acquianted with American system, whether with students or with professor. Provided I can customize my courses, electives as well as internships & assistantships, what might be immediate career-prospects? Any other program that will be suitable? Is my profile suitable?
  4. Thank you ZeChocMoose! Yes, there is a fundamental ambiguity in my post. Thanks for precisely pointing it out. I understand the gap between my professional and academic goals. I assume it to be a time-gap. I will be applying for PhD at later stage. What you have mentioned (Masters->Experience->PhD) about some cases fits here as well. Rather, this gap puts me at a quite different question- what are actual career prospects of those who do Masters in Higher Education at my age-24? I know, the question should be 'what is my focus and goal'. But frankly, I am ignorant about what Masters graduates (of my age) usually do immediately after graduation in US. If it is some entry-level position (supposedly not in student affairs), what is the area they work in? What are they paid like? Some programs have concentrations like "Higher Education Policy'' or "International Higher Education". I am talking about Peabody here. What is the immediate outcome that is most often seen? I am working with 120 students yearly. I am a founder of certain development initiatives in the institute. My students are often older than me. The main focus is on MBA graduates, their personality development, career-placements for them etc. I do not teach, but I am the whole and soul of this activity from management side. This work and my previous work-experience prompts me to reach the systems than merely student affairs. The influence of international programs is inevitably seen in my country as well. Hence, my primary focus deviates from higher education policy to international education. Relevantly, I will be more inclined towards economics than psychology in this career. If I have to give 'keywords', they will be: institutional advancement, policy analysis, quality improvement, institutional management, co-academic management and if it can fit: international aspects of higher education. Although this says that my professional goals will be two-ways: university position & management OR policy research & advisory role, I do not think that later alternative will be immediately available without PhD. Your post tells me about focus-areas and assistantships. If funding requires me to have student-affairs component in the courses, I have no option. But if RA-like opportunities are available, I will prefer them. Its not like I want to anyhow keep away from students. I would just not 'prefer' it in my specialization courses. Also, special internship program might help financially.
  5. Hi, thanks for that post. I'm also anxious about this. Till others reply, let me share what I've heard from alumni and ppl: Low AW- below 4- will be a concern for sure but other achievements can usually compensate for this, especially acads. Work experience counts. Also, sending a writing sample can help. Solely AW can not cast a veto. Retaking GRE might be a lot heavy thing than sending writing sample. IMO, I hated GRE AW, nor was I feeling well for the first half. Retaking GRE would be a lot of trouble for me plus the expenses.
  6. Thanks Michigan girl. My primary focus is higher education leadership and policy, not international education. I can say that because international education will focus on issues that I'm too inexperienced to learn. I am not interested in comparative international education either. Although its combination as 'international + higher education' will look like my long-term goal, you may please limit the responses to higher education only. I hope all other criteria mentioned in my post are not equivocal.
  7. No, not just MPP. I guess MPP only would be a diversion from my focus on higher education. I don't see its correlation with 'What I see myself doing afterwards'. I went through Duke's program. In the courses they do not have any direct connection with education. Well, thanks for the response!
  8. As I strive to get response, I have found a few programs for consideration... They are: POLS MA at SUSE, MSEd at UPenn, MA+MPP at UMich and EdM at Penn State. Since its highly confusing to pick programs in general, I am sticking to criteria I have stated above. (Program Goals) Any suggestions or precautionary notes about these or other programs?
  9. Hi I'm trying to keep it brief here. Please suggest masters or masters-doctorate integrated programs suitable to following profile and goals. Thanks a million! Profile- Currently career-development manager in a graduate college, total experience till I apply-2.5 years, total exp in education- 1.25 yrs GRE: 163Q, 151V, 3.5AW (roughly similar to 800Q, 500Q, 3.5AW in old format) GPA above 3.5/4, bachelor in communications engineering Social work- yes with local NGO, special achievement: mainly local prizes, Scholarships: yes 1 National during Bachelors and 2 State-level scholarships during high-school Prospective international student for USA Program goals-Higher education leadership & policy courses: masters or masters+doctorate (mainly Masters, PhD is not immediate focus) Yes to leadership & policy courses, No to student-affairs ones should have good (full?) funding, good exposure to work preference to internship and cohort-based program (not rigid criterion here) MA+MPP, EdM, MS, MA, EdD... etc. What I see myself doing afterwards: [*]Join senior administration in a reputed university, grow ahead with faculty position [*]work for policy and leadership issues at department of education- nationally and internationally [*]career with department of education, UNESCO etc. but primary focus on University-based academic career along-with leadership position So, do suggest the best ladders and steps!
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