Community College Leadership (CCL)

Degree Overview

The Community College Leadership (CCL) Ph.D. is designed to meet the needs of individuals interested in presidential roles and other leadership positions at community colleges and higher education institutions. The CCL degree offers you the opportunity to improve your practice if you are currently serving in a leadership position. If you are seeking a leadership position in secondary education institutions, this doctoral degree program offers you the opportunity to develop the cognitive, emotional, and interpersonal skills required for success in such appointments.

This program is applicable to all higher education settings, but has a specific focus on community colleges. The course work in this degree will teach you about policies, legal aspects, running cabinets, and leadership training.

The faculty throughout this degree are former Community College administrators and presidents. The course work was developed and is taught by this faculty, which allows you to learn real issues and solutions from individuals that have experienced it first-hand. You will be learning from people that have strong background knowledge in this field.

The objectives of the Community College Leadership degree are:

• To provide a comprehensive and progressive doctoral curriculum that develops the skills needed to successfully lead community colleges.
• To develop your knowledge base concerning community colleges, effective teaching, and student learning.
• To instill or reinforce a commitment to the critical engagement of diversity.
• To assist you in exploring ways to strengthen commitments to open access, the comprehensive mission, and instructional quality.

Degree Benefits

By completing this flexible and convenient doctoral degree, you will be closer to achieving your future goals without having to sacrifice your current responsibilities and commitments. There are many benefits to completing this distance degree program:

• Fit your classes around your needs and your schedule with the flexibility of online and distance learning.
• Further your education, improve your career, and learn skills and knowledge relevant to the real world.
• Interact and network with others in your industry across the nation.

There are many benefits to earning your Ph.D. in Community College Leadership from Colorado State University:

• Learn from the highly qualified Colorado State University faculty members that are content experts in their fields.
• Earn the same accredited degree and receive a Colorado State University diploma identical to that given to on-campus students.
• Learn anywhere and anytime and still receive many of the benefits of being an on-campus student.
• Attend the graduation ceremony in person and participate in the on-campus graduation ceremony. You can also view a live online streaming video of the graduation ceremony.