Program Overview

Community College Leadership Certificate

Program Type

• Graduate Academic Certificate

Format

• Online

Estimated Time to Complete

• 1-2 semesters

Credit Hours

• 12

Program Description

The Community College Leadership Certificate is a graduate-level professional certificate focused on the community college mission, finance and administration, leadership, economic and community development, teaching and learning, and contemporary issues. This certificate will help graduates step into leadership roles and facilitate higher education at the community college level for the next generation.

Why Earn a Community College Leadership Certificate?

Community colleges are facing an impending leadership crisis. The current generation of college presidents, senior administrators, and faculty leaders are retiring at a rapid rate. This certificate will help graduates step into leadership roles and help facilitate higher education at the community college level for the next generation.

Community College Leadership Certificate Highlights

• College of Education ranked 1st in the North Texas region among public graduate schools, 3rd among public graduate schools in Texas, 68th among public graduate schools and 89th overall in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
• College of Education ranked 9th in Texas and 66th in the South by Best-Education-Schools.com
• Ranked a Tier One research university by the Carnegie Classification, UNT is a catalyst for creativity, fueling progress, innovation and entrepreneurship for the North Texas region, the state and beyond.

What Can You Do With a Community College Leadership Certificate?

Community colleges will be hiring or promoting energetic new academic and administrative leaders with new ideas and the right credentials that will help colleges respond to the increasing demands on higher education institutions.

Community College Leadership Certificate Courses

• History and Philosophy of the Community College (3 hrs)
  • Exploration of the development and the evolution of the community college as an innovation in U.S. higher education.
• Community College Leadership (3 hrs)
  • Examination of the theory and practice of leadership as these apply to the comprehensive community college.
• Contemporary Issues in the Community College (3 hrs)
  • Exploration of key contemporary issues in the community college as these relate to the areas of developmental education, leadership and governance, state support, federal student aid, federal policies affecting higher education and community colleges, evaluation and accountability, professional development, leadership development, diversity and access.
• Organization and Administration of Higher Education (3 hrs)
  • Examination of the theoretical principles of organizational behavior, leadership and institutional culture applied to a functional examination of administrative roles in higher education.