Ed.D. Community College Leadership

The Ed.D. in Community College Leadership is designed to prepare educators to take on the roles in areas such as senior administration, faculty leadership, student affairs, or business and human resource administration in the community college setting.

The curriculum is designed to develop socially and globally aware community college leaders who can appropriately respond, understand, and contribute to the rapidly changing world of community colleges and lead those institutions toward excellence. Courses build leadership skills and knowledge in such areas as the role and scope of community colleges, higher education law and policy, ethical decision making, policy and governance, research methods, and resource optimization. 

Coursework Summary

• 60 units of study
• Three years (Fall, Spring, Summer), including the dissertation

Face-to-Face course: 80% of instructional time must be face-to-face. No more than 20% of instructional time can be online (synchronous or asynchronous).
Hybrid course: 20% - 80% of instructional time can be online (synchronous or asynchronous). No less than 20% of iinstructional time must be face-to-face.
Online course: 100% can be online (synchronous or asynchronous).

Note: Students may enroll in EDD 697 (Online - 6 units) during Year 3 of the program if adequate progress is not met.