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organization, operations, and resources for a safe, efficient, and effective
learning environment;
4. Promote the success of all students by collaborating with families and
community members, responding to diverse community interest and needs, and
mobilizing community resources;
5. Promote the success of all students by acting with integrity, fairness,
and in an ethical manner; and,
6. Promote the success of all students by understanding, responding to,
and influencing the social, economic, legal and cultural context of American
schools.

The goals of the doctoral program address the following endeavors:

1. Implement efforts to identify and recruit into the doctoral program
representatives from groups currently under-represented in school leadership
positions;
2. Promote the acquisition of knowledge and skills by program candidates
necessary to successfully interact with students from diverse populations;
3. Ensure program candidates possess the skills to assess and interpret
community values, aspirations, and to recognize the social, political, and cultural
context of schooling;
4. Ensure program candidates are able to articulate a well conceptualized
and educationally defensible position on such issues as educational equity, equal
opportunity, access, and the moral and ethical dimensions of schools;
5. Attract program faculty who understand the importance of maintaining
collaborative relationships with practicing school administrators as a means to
ensure program objectives, content, and instructional activities are germane and
attentive to the highest priority of current and future school leaders;
6. Develop and sustain a program curriculum and other instructional
activities designed to assure candidates acquire the knowledge and managerial
leadership skills required of school leaders of senior status; and,
7. Promote efforts among faculty and other educational leaders
associated with the program to stay abreast of current research, theory, trends,
and issues relevant to school leadership.

Admission to the Doctoral Program
Application to the doctoral program in Educational Leadership requires evidence
of the following:

• A master’s degree in school administration or a closely related field;
• At least three years of recent successful administrative experience in an

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