Application
Documents and Instructions
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documents for the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership:
Application
- Doctoral Program
Request for
Reference Form
- Application - College
of Graduate Studies
- (to be completed once accepted to the Doctoral
program)
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Applying to the Doctoral
Program
Applicants should meet the following
admission considerations:
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1) Provide unofficial transcripts
for completed master's degree and undergraduate
degree from an accredited university in an
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area related to the proposed studies.
Minimum grade
point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale for courses applied toward a
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master's degree required.
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2)
Submit a 500
Word Essay - Describe the applicant's
background, professional career goals, and reason for pursuing a
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doctoral
degree.
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3)
Have educational leadership experience
encompassing a
number of settings, including P-16 schools, heath and human service
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agencies,
and community-based organizations.
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4)
Have a minimum formual
score estabilshed by the Lamar University Graduate Council and the
College of Education and Human
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Development calculated on [GPA (last
60 hours) x
200] +
Verbal GRE score + Quantitative GRE score ≥
1350.
Example: [3.95
(sample GPA)
x
200]
= 790 + 500 (
sample
Verbal GRE score) + 550 (
sample Quantitative GRE
score) = 1840 (≥
1350).
5)
Provide 3 completed Request for Reference forms attesting to
the
applicant's professional and academic background. Provide
each reference listed on page 4 of the
application
with the following:
- Request for Reference fom
- Stamped, envelope addressed to
the Doctoral program
- Request for Reference froms should be mailed
directly to the Doctoral Studies office by January 31st (early
submission),
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or March 31st (final submission deadline).
Center for
Doctoral Studies in Educational Leadership
College of Education & Human Development
Lamar University
P.O. Box 10034
Beaumont, TX 77710
6)
A rubric that scores the above components is used to select
finalists who will be invited to participate in an interview with
doctoral
program faculty. Cohort members will be selected
from
this finalist pool.
Anticipated Applicant Timeline
November 1
- January 31
Submit
Application (early submissions)
February 1 - March
31
Submit Application (final
submissions)
February
Doctoral Executive Council
- Applications Review
February - March
Selected Applicant Interviews
May
New
Cohort Accepted
May - July
New Cohort - Apply to Lamar
University's
College of Graduate Studies
July
New Cohort Orientation
August
Fall Classes
Begin
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6-19-2008