DOCTORAL CONCENTRATIONS
CUSTOMIZE YOUR DEGREE. You can individualize your doctoral program and expand your professional expertise by selecting one of our shared doctoral concentrations.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEADERSHIP FOR CHANGE
The Community College Leadership for Change concentration addresses the most current issues in community colleges and builds your knowledge and skills as a scholar-practitioner. It allows you to position yourself as a credentialed community college leader based on the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) leadership competencies.
COMMUNICATIVE LEADERSHIP
The Communicative Leadership concentration combines and integrates scholarly theory and mastery of embodied mindful awareness with substantial grounding in transformative phenomenology along with the interpretive and practical dynamics of social constructionism.
CREATIVE LONGEVITY AND WISDOMS The Creative Longevity and Wisdom concentration provides a focus on aging populations locally, nationally, regionally, and globally. Promote barrier-free, sustainable, and nurturing environments and foster active and wise aging populations that will promote greater social and ecological justice for diverse populations worldwide.
DUAL LANGUAGE
The Dual Language concentration prepares educators to design an instructional program that supports bi-literacy development for language-majority and language-minority students. The focus is to bridge the achievement/opportunity gap for diverse under-served populations while addressing the goals of bilingualism and the development of multicultural competencies.
EVIDENCE BASED COACHING
The doctoral concentration in Evidence Based Coaching offers an interdisciplinary approach to integrating research-based coaching theory with professional practice in organizational and individual coaching. Participants will study the core theories that underpin principle practices of individual and organizational coaching and undertake individual research to integrate theory with practice in individual and organizational settings.
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DOCTORAL CONCENTRATIONS INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
The Inclusive Leadership for Social Justice concentration explores the relationship between transformative learning and social change for social justice. Become an effective and creative leaderparticipant in local and global efforts at creating a just, secure, and environmentally sustainable world.
LEADERSHIP OF HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS
The Leadership of Higher Education Systems concentration focuses your doctoral study on the knowledge and skills you need to become a leader and change agent in higher education institutions, such as 4-year colleges, universities, and graduate schools.
MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION
The Media, Technology, and Innovation concentration focuses on the ways in which media, information, and knowledge are transforming our societies, cultures, organizations, and our own selves. Learn to live in an online world through virtual teams and touch on topics such as social justice and ethics.
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The Organizational Development concentration focuses on theoretical and practical skills that will allow you to lead change in the workplace. Learn how to engage in online environments and collaborate with other management and consulting leaders.
SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP
The objective of the doctoral concentration in Leadership for Social and Ecological Sustainability is to produce leaders in businesses, nonprofits, governments, and educational institutions. This concentration includes study of the history and practice of sustainability efforts, organization development for sustainability, and strategy development for sustainability.
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