Higher Education Administration and Services M.S.

(42 Semester Hours)

Purpose

This degree program will provide options to effectively develop (1) college student personnel services professionals and (2) higher education administrators. Student knowledge and skills will be enhanced through appropriate coursework and theory to practice experiences within the university/college setting.

Admission

Admission to the Higher Education Administration and Services program includes:

STEP ONE: Program Admission

Prior to first enrollment, the student must:

• Hold an earned bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Be formally admitted to the Graduate College.
• It is required that all admission requirements be met prior to enrollment.
• Meet with your assigned advisor prior to enrollment; sign a Statement of Understanding.
• No more than six (06) credit hours will be allowed to be taken during a semester, for no more than two semesters, until being fully admitted into the program.
• These courses would be restricted to the Common Core of nine (9) hours.

Meet the following Program requirements:

• Take and have a satisfactory score on either the MAT or GRE.
• Submit to Admissions Committee *
  • Three (3) sealed letters of recommendation and other included informational materials.
  • A statement of your long term career objectives and how a master’s degree will help you achieve your objectives; be specific. (The statement is to be between one and two pages, typed, double-spaced, 12 point font with margins of 1 inch all around.)
  • All college transcripts
  • Program Admission Form with personal information provided by the student.
• GPA requirement of
  • 3.00 overall, undergraduate, or
  • 3.25 in the last 60 credit hours, undergraduate, or
  • Have an earned Master’s degree from an accredited university
• If the GPA requirements (see above) are not met, one of the following items must be satis­fied:
  • MAT – scaled score of 383, or
  • GRE – combined math and verbal score of 900
  • Must use scores from MAT/GRE that are less than five (5) years old.
  • It is required that you pass either exam prior to enrollment.

All materials to be considered for a particular semester are to be received by the Admis­sions Committee by 5:00 pm on November 1 for a Fall term, April 1 for a Spring term, or July 1 for a Summer term. (If these dates fall on a weekend or holiday, the deadline will be the last business day prior to the holiday or weekend.)

*Northeastern State University
College of Education
Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership
Attn: MS Higher Education Administration and Services
717 North Grand, Tahlequah, OK 74464

Admissions Committee

• All materials must be submitted by the applicant.
• A formal interview and/or other materials may be requested by the committee at its discretion.
• The Admissions Committee will review all materials and will make a recommendation concerning admission to a program.

STEP TWO: Meet with Advisor

Upon formal admission into the program, it is the student’s responsibility to meet with assigned advisor and complete the following:

• Degree Plan,
• Students must enroll in first block of required courses; The Common Core of nine (9) hours
• Statement of understanding, and
• Any other required material.

STEP THREE: Admission to Candidacy

After the Completion of fifteen (15) hours of coursework:

To meet candidacy requirements in the M.S. Higher Education Administration and Services program, the student must complete the following:

• Attain formal admission to the Graduate College.
• Attain formal admission to the program of MS Higher Education Administration and Services.
• Complete and file a plan of study (degree plan) approved by the advisor and the Dean of the Graduate College. Any changes made in the student’s Plan of Study require prior written approval by the advisor and the Dean of the Graduate College.
• Complete and file a Statement of Understanding signed by the student and the advisor with the Dean of the Graduate College.
• Meet with advisor to complete and file Admission to Candidacy Form.
• Maintain a minimum graduate program GPA of 3.00
• Regardless, twenty-seven (27) graduate credit hours must be earned after candidacy has been awarded.

CONDITIONAL PROGRAM ENROLLMENT

For those persons who wish to pursue a degree, but are not able to meet the require­ments for the undergraduate GPA and/or MAT/GRE, conditional enrollment may be allowed as follows:

• A graduate program GPA of 3.5 must be obtained for twelve (12) credit hours of course work taken at Northeastern State University, and all other admittance require­ments must be completed during the ï¬rst semester of enrollment.
• Full admittance will be considered by the Admissions Committee at the comple­tion of twelve credit hours upon the written request of the student within the semester deadlines for admissions.
• No more than six (6) credit hours will be allowed to be taken in any semester until fully admitte into the program.
• These courses would be restricted to the Common Core of nine (9) hours.
• The second semester of enrollment will have to be authorized by the student’s advisor.