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

A. Criteria for Admission 
  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 the area 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 HERE 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 to the 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.