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  1. I know this is an old post, but I'm wondering if anyone who goes to Temple can give more information on how they feel about the program. I already live in Philadelphia, so I'm familiar with the area and things like that. Thanks!
  2. Does anyone have recommendations for books that are more recent than "Getting What You Came For" that deal with making the decision to go and the admissions process? I see a lot on science and psychology programs, but I will be going for education, so I'm trying to sift through the generic books. Thanks for any input!
  3. I'm probably being confusing - likely because I'm confused myself! The areas I mentioned are not necessarily research areas for me, just areas I'd like the program I choose to have some coursework in. A basic understanding of departmental budgeting is a huge gap in my qualifications right now. I am trying to find others to speak to (emailed the associate provost for a meeting) - a partial roadblock with that is that I work in a professional school, where the credentials needed are very different, so they can't tell me much. Also, I've looked at job descriptions in the past, but I had been looking with the assumption that a doctorate was a doctorate and had no idea (until the last few months, when I've not had as much time to research) the Ed.D. had such a stigma. And they won't distinguish between tenured and non-tenured teaching experience really in most job descriptions. Anyhow, enough excuses! I agree I need to figure out what to research to be able to apply, and my plan is to look over some journals when I can to put together my disconnected ideas. I guess what I need to start doing when I ask for advice is strip out the confusion and just say: "I'm a college-level registrar with no teaching experience. I want to be an academic provost. What do I need to do?" Thanks so much for your help so far!
  4. Thanks for the response! As I said, I'm thinking of going more of the academic affairs route in terms of a lower provost or program director. My understanding of these positions is that they require faculty experience, and that takes, seemingly, a PhD. Ideally I'd like to gain my faculty experience through non-tenure track, partially administrative positions, but I'm still doing some research into whether being "lite faculty" will even count on that sort of career path. I can only get tuition remission if I do the programs at my school, which I don't feel are a good fit for me. I definitely understand the differences involved in getting the degrees, and their intended focus, I guess at this point I'm trying to nail down what I'll be shut out of with "only" an Ed.D.
  5. Thanks! Sorry, I thought that studying Higher Ed was implied but maybe not. I'm actually less concerned with the title of the major and more with learning about how to teach, HE finance, curriculum planning, gender, and adult education. I seem to be able to get that mostly in HE programs. I can't tell you what I'd like to research, because I don't know. I've only really looked at PhD programs at this point but I really like Michigan State and Ohio State, and would obviously consider Penn and Harvard if I could get in. Temple was up there because it's very convenient for me in terms of arranging my life, but not sure the program is for me. I'll check out the Chronicle forums too, thanks!
  6. Hi all, New here! I assumed this topic would've been well-tread, but I couldn't seem to find much with my search, so hopefully this will be useful for the next person too. I've been struggling for a while now with whether to go for an Ed.D. or a PhD. I have 10 years of experience in higher ed (records and registration), but I'd like to be more involved eventually at the curricular level (e.g., program director or assistant provost). I'm happy to do research, but it's just not my ultimate goal. However, the PhD seems appealing over the Ed.D. for a few reasons - primarily that tuition would be covered and it seems like it'd be a better credential to go the academic administrator route. I guess my primary questions are: 1) I know I have a *chance* with an Ed.D., but will job hunting on the academic side be a big struggle without a PhD? 2) Would an Ed.D. from a top school and/or my experience be enough to overcome that or is the credential just going to be viewed as inferior no matter what? and 3) would schools frown upon me applying to both programs? Stats for reference: V 168, Q 157, AW 4.5 UGPA 3.25, Grad GPA 3.89 (MS in Higher Ed) Thanks for your help all! I hope I can reciprocate in the rest of the forum about Master's degrees and working in higher ed! *edited for clarity
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