Application Requirements

The College of Education offers the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree with a major in Education with an emphasis in community college leadership. The College of Education is committed to excellence in its doctoral program. In order to meet this commitment admission is limited and competitive. Doctoral students enroll as members of a cohort with the goal of completing all degree requirements within three to four years.

Doctoral Degree
The program is designed to prepare individuals whose career path includes academic and/or executive leadership in community colleges. Its focus is on the application of current research and literature to problems in education as they pertain to community colleges.

Prerequisite Academic Background
Individuals entering the program must have completed a master’s degree in education or a related field, or the equivalent in post baccalaureate graduate-level course work.

Prerequisite Experience
Applicants must have a minimum of three years of professional experience in community colleges or a professional field related to teaching, learning and/or leadership. (see attached) International Students
In addition to the above, College of Education graduate admission standards for international students require:

1. transcripts from the home country demonstrating the equivalent of a 3.0 GPA,
2. a 575 on the TOEFL with a minimum of 52 on each sub-score,
3. a minimum score of 4 on the Test of Written English (TWE).

Application deadline
The application deadline is March 31, 2009. Applications received after March 31 will be reviewed on a space-available basis only. Applications must be complete before they are reviewed for admission consideration.

Application Packet

Selection Criteria

As you consider applying for admission to our program and prepare your application packet, it is important that you know the criteria on which your application will be evaluated. The areas described below are those that the faculty will consider as they review your file. Your packet should attempt to respond to all areas. You are encouraged to contact a member of the Community College Leadership Program faculty if you have questions in the preparation of your application materials.

1. Your career aspirations/goals following completion of the doctorate.
• Minimum requirements: Aspiration to assume a faculty or administrative leadership position in a community college. Your professional experiences indicate an interest in and commitment to education.
• Potential evidence: Statement of experiences; reflection paper; letter(s) of recommendation; publications; interview.
2. Prior educational achievement allows you to benefit from the program within a reasonable time frame.
• Minimum requirement: At least 33 quarter credits of graduate course work appropriate for your career aspirations; minimum combined GPA of 3.0 (A=4.0) for the last 90 quarter credit hours of graded undergraduate course work for the first baccalaureate degree plus all work completed thereafter.
• Potential evidence: Transcript(s) of grades for both undergraduate and graduate preparation; GRE verbal, quantitative, and analytic scores; letter(s) of recommendation; statement of experiences; reflection paper.
3. Prior work experience allows the applicant to benefit from the program in a reasonable time frame.
• Minimum requirement: At least three years of successful professional experience appropriate for the applicant's career aspirations.
• Potential evidence: Resume; statement of experiences; reflection paper; letter(s) of recommendation; interview.
4. Ability to communicate orally and in writing which demonstrates that the applicant will benefit from the program, including the writing of the doctoral dissertation.
• Potential evidence: Summary of experiences; reflection paper; letter of intent; transcript(s) of undergraduate/graduate grades; master's thesis; journal articles; GRE verbal score; for international students a minimum 575 combined TOEFL score and 4 TWE score; personal interview.
5. The applicant has knowledge of the mission of the community college.
• Potential evidence: Statement of experiences; reflection paper; resume; letter(s) of recommendation; transcripts.
6. The applicant has knowledge of the teaching and learning processes.
• Potential evidence: Statement of experiences; reflection paper; resume, transcripts; letter of intent; letter(s) of recommendation.

Additional Considerations
The Community College Leadership Program requires an interview of selected applicants as a part of the application process. Interviews are typically held on campus in late April and/or early May.

While the CCLP has an emphasis in administrative leadership, an increased sophistication in understanding and using research and in producing useful research projects is one of the desired outcomes of the program. To this end, a culminating dissertation is required. Each participant will participate in selecting an available College of Education faculty member to serve as major professor and doctoral committee chair.

Final Selection
The selection of applicants will be based on all data from the application file, the interview, and writing ability. Because this is a cohort program, admission consideration is in part based on the ability of the applicant to enhance and enrich the experience of the cohort members. Admission is also based on the availability of major professors and resources within the College of Education. Your application must be complete at the time of the interview.

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