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Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) Program in Educational Leadership

A. Admission Criteria

1. A master's degree in education or a related field from an accredited institution.
2. An academic record of at least 3.0 grade point average in the last two years of undergraduate work and a 3.5 grade point average in all graduate courses (on a 4.0 point scale).
3. A minimum score of 35th percentile or above on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) or a minimum combined score of 1,000 on theVerbal and Quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) . For applicants submitting the MAT, as well as those with Verbal GRE scores below 400, a writing sample will be required.
4. A current curriculum vitae.
5. The Ed.D. Admission Checklist indicating competency in computer skills
6. Successful completion of an interview with faculty in thearea of proposed concentration (which may include a writing experience).
7. International students whose native language is not English must achieve a combined score of 550 with a score of 55on Section I of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).Additional language based class work may be required of international students whose native language is not English.

B. Admission Process

1. The applicant must obtain application forms and directions for admission from:a) the ISU Office of Graduate Studies graduate application materials (including Application for Admission to Graduate Studies at ISU), OR the ISU International Student Admissions international graduate application materials (including International Graduate Application, Declaration of Financial Support, and Non-resident Tuition Waiver Application [Graduate Students]) ; AND (b) the Department of Educational Leadership application materials (i.e., department application form, and Computer Competency Checklist).
2. Applicants must submit the following application materials to the appropriate offices by the graduate application deadlines as required by ISU Graduate Studies. a. The official Application for Admission to Graduate Studies at ISU for admission as a classified graduate student. (Please click to access online application for graduate programs.) b. Official transcripts of all graduate and undergraduate academic work to the ISU Office of Graduate Studies. c. The official scores of Graduate Record Examinationor Miller Analogies Test to the ISU Office of Graduate Studies. d. The College of Education ?Department of Educational Leadership application for admission and required documents to the Department of Educational Leadership.
3. When an application for admission to the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership is received, it will first be examined for completeness by the ISU Office of Graduate Studies and Department of Educational Leadership proposed concentration area. If items or information are missing, the applicant will be informed in writing. Completed applications will be reviewed by the proposed concentration area.
4. The proposed concentration area will schedule and complete an interview with the applicant. Phone, on-line, or video conferencing interviews may be implemented with prospective students. The on-line interview may be conducted through the "chat" tool of the WebCT at ISU as per the Department's instructions.
5. The proposed area of concentration will evaluate the eligibility of the applicant and submit a recommendation through the Department of Educational Leadership to the Dean of the College of Education, and then to the ISU Office of Graduate Studies.
6. The College of Education Doctoral Committee reviews admission exception requests and appeals to the admission process.

C. Notification of Admission

1. Applicants making application for graduate program admission to Idaho State University will be notified of their acceptance or rejection via a letter from the ISU Office of Graduate Studies.
2. Upon acceptance, the Department of Educational Leadership will inform applicants of the following: a. Assigned advisor's name, office address, telephone number, and email. (Note: Students may change advisors up to the completion of the comprehensive examination. Requests to change advisors must be made in writing, and submitted tothe Department of Educational Leadership.) b. Any conditions of admission.
3. Upon receipt of admission information, it is the doctoral students' responsibility to contact and set up an initial meeting with their assigned advisor during their first semester of doctoral study. At that meeting, the student and advisor shall develop a tentative Program of Study.
4. It is the doctoral student's responsibility to file an initial Program of Study form with the Department of Educational Leadership prior to completion of 18 semester hours of doctoral course work. Advisor's signature is required. Program of Study forms are found in the Handbook Appendix.