Ph.D. in Community College Leadership

To meet the executive leadership workforce needs of Virginia's community colleges, Old Dominion University has developed a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Community College Leadership. The innovative quality of this program supports the university's commitment to technology-delivered learning by implementing leadership graduate courses at each of the 23 VCCS community colleges and elsewhere in the United States through Old Dominion University's TELETECHNET delivery system. This enables prospective students to meet their personal and professional needs by offering accessible graduate education. The mission of the Community College Leadership Program is to provide high quality instruction and advising to students desiring to complete a doctoral program, and to assist graduates of the program to assume executive level leadership positions in community colleges and to provide excellent leadership for these colleges. Some of the unique community college leadership issues that are addressed in this program are: the diversity of the student body, the role of the community college in the higher education system of Virginia, the role and expectations of the communities hosting the community college, and the importance of the workforce preparation the community colleges provide for the local community.