Sponsored Description: Upper Iowa offers a Master of Higher Education Administration (MHEA) degree, which offers emphases in Community and Technical College Administration and Leadership. The MHEA program is designed to strengthen the leadership skills for educational administrators. The MHEA degree is intended to provide learners opportunities to develop skill-sets and knowledge in areas specific to administration in higher education, leadership of staff, and management of funding, budgeting, and organizational process. Individual and group assignments combine textbook theory with real-world application. The program provides a balance of quantitative and qualitative studies. The MHEA exposes learners to current theories, concepts and learning models necessary to assume leadership roles in higher education institutions. Upon successful completion of the MHEA, graduates will be positioned to make a significant contribution to their educational institutions. The Community and Technical College Administration emphasis provides learners knowledge, skill and competence in specific educational administration areas: community colleges foundations, instructional design, delivery of distance education, curriculum development and program assessment. Learners developed through individual and group assignments that combine theory with practical examples. The emphasis requires learners to apply relevant theories to real-world educational administration scenarios through case study, reports, discussion, projects and presentations and overall to demonstrate a mastery of their discipline.