Educational Leadership, Higher Education Leadership Concentration, Ed.D.

Educational Leadership Concentration

Student Learning Outcomes:

Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by:

• Facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a school or district vision of learning supported by the school community.
• Promoting a positive school culture, providing an effective instructional program, applying best practices to student learning, and designing comprehensive professional growth plans for staff.
• Managing the organization, operations, and resources in a way that promotes a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment.
• Collaborating with families and other community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.
• Acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner.
• Understanding, responding to, and influencing the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context.
• The internship provides significant opportunities for candidates to synthesize and apply the knowledge and practice and develop the skills identified in the standards listed above through substantial, sustained, standards-based work in real settings, planned and guided cooperatively by the institution and school district personnel for graduate credit.

Admission Requirements for Pre-K-12 Administration and Higher Education Leadership Concentrations

Admission to the program requires the applicant to have a master’s or specialist degree from an accredited university, a graduate cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or better on a 4.0 scale on the last graduate degree, and submission of an official report of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score or Millers Analogies Test (MAT) Score. All applicants must submit test scores at the time of application.

All application materials must be submitted to the Graduate School by the deadlines given here. These dates apply to both on and off campus sites.

The admissions committee will review and evaluate the entire academic and professional record in making the admission decision. Consideration will be given to (a) previous graduate GPA; (b) GRE or MAT scores; (c) three (3) letters of recommendation indicating probable success in the program from professional sources on official letterhead; (d) an acceptable work experience record (curriculum vita or resume); (e) an acceptable score on an interview; and (f) an acceptable score on a scholarly writing sample. These criteria listed above will be evaluated to determine the applicant’s overall potential for success in the program as compared to other applicants in the admissions cycle. All criteria are weighted equally, and no one criteria will keep a student out of the program. There are no conditional admissions.

Higher Education Leadership Admission Deadlines (Ed.D.)

• Submit by February 1st for admission in the fall semester.

Higher Education Leadership Concentration

Program of Study