MAHE Program

What Makes Taylor’s MAHE Program Unique?

MAHE is an academically rigorous environment, but it’s also one of the most supportive and vibrant communities you’ll experience. The sense of camaraderie, care, challenge, and collaboration that occurs among the cohorts of MAHE is truly remarkable. It’s just one explanation for the degree program’s noteworthy 95% retention rate.

MAHE Distinctives

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40 credits—Two Years
Assistantships Guaranteed
Cohort Learning
Faculty Scholars
Original Research
Study Abroad

MAHE is a 40-credit hour Master of Arts in Higher Education program. Currently, all courses are taught in person for fall and spring semesters on the campus of Taylor University.

The MAHE program guarantees student participation in a two-year paid on-campus graduate assistantship experience. This provides incredible learning opportunities and field experience for you as well as the undergraduate students you are leading and serving. You will have at least one additional internship opportunity at Taylor or an institution of your choosing to add to your practical work experience prior to graduation.

 

The MAHE program utilizes the cohort model, providing a distinctive learning experience with a small group of peers who will share classroom experiences. Students come from a variety of institutions including small private colleges, large public universities, and institutions in between. Their unique geographical and educational backgrounds and diversity of experiences and perspectives contribute greatly to the value of classroom interactions.

The cohort element is an essential part of how students encourage one another to seek the life to which God has called them. Living life together at Taylor provides educational, personal, relational, and spiritual accountability and growth.

Our faculty is comprised of experienced, highly qualified professors who wholly invest in their students and the courses they teach. You will be trained using the scholar-practitioner model, which involves thoughtful research and interactive classroom instruction with faculty and peers. This enables you to gain the knowledge, skills, values, and practical experiences necessary to deliver effective practices in higher education.

You will conduct original research through a faculty-supervised thesis project, which MAHE alumni have described as one of the most meaningful and enjoyable aspects of the program. This academic work provides an excellent opportunity to publish a scholarly contribution to the field of higher education.

You will have the unique opportunity to participate in a 2-week study abroad experience as a capstone to the international higher education course. The study abroad experience deepens global understanding and equips you for Kingdom work in the growing realm of international higher education.

Facilities

The MAHE offices are located in the LaRita Boren Campus Center at the heart of Taylor’s campus. This is a place where you and many of the MAHE faculty, staff, and graduate assistants do their work. Classes are seminar style, and students meet in the Boren Center’s state-of-the-art conference facilities and classrooms.

Accreditation & Professional Standards

The Higher Learning Commission accredits the academic programs of Taylor University.

Taylor also partners with the following programs for continued quality improvement, disciplinary and professional expectations, and professional preparation in student affairs: