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JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY’S EXECUTIVE PH.D. PROGRAM ATTRACTS LEADERS WITH DIVINE 9 ROOTS BY ALONDA THOMAS
A s Jackson State University (JSU)’s prominent Executive Ph.D. in Urban Higher Education (EPHD) program approaches 20 years of developing transformative leaders, members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and Kappa Alpha Psi National Fraternity, Inc. are well represented as current graduate students in the program. Executive Director Walter A. Brown, Ed.D., said throughout its tenure the
program has attracted students from various service organizations.
extremely taxing,” said Brown, who is a 50-year member of Kappa Alpha Psi.
“Once the cohort is formed, it generates an even stronger bond among those who are members of certain organizations – fraternities and sororities. It tends to strengthen the work ethic within the cohort and the ability to work with one another because the program is intense and
JSU’s two-year Executive Ph.D. program is designed to prepare individuals for senior-level positions at various entities, including academia, corporate, governmental, non-governmental or nonprofit sectors. Additionally, it has distinguished itself by filling a crucial pipeline to diversify the role of college
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