However, any flexibility assumes all students will meet the same high levels of participation and performance. Admissions requirements are multi-dimensional and admissions screening processes will access the applicant's knowledge, intellectual capacity, motivation, oral and written communication skills, commitment to equity, moral and ethical qualities, and leadership abilities and potential, especially in the areas of problem analysis, organizational ability, judgment, decisiveness, and sensitivity. The dissertation required in the program is well-designed applied research with substantial value for informing educational practice. The curriculum is integrated, thematic, and problem-based. Students involved in the program will be expected to have access to a personal computer and to the Internet, conference call capacity, and other appropriate instructional technologies.
Faculty evaluate the writing sample and jury an overall rating.
Organizational Analysis 4 s.h. Analyzing Educational Policy 4 s.h .