Department of Educational Leadership, Administration

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Department of Educational Leadership,
Administration FoundationsState of the
Program ReportOctober 2008
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OUR VISION We aspire to be the premier program in
the preparation of working professionals for
administrative leadership in elementary,
secondary, and post-secondary education.
Doctoral Graduates May 2008
OUR MISSION Our singular mission is to prepare
today's practicing and promising educator to be
tomorrow's complete administrative professional.
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• DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
• A scholar-practitioner orientation
• Serve the working professional
• Cohorts
• Strong internship elements
• Collaborative faculty
• Scholarly agenda that aims to serve field
  professionals

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ELAF Dashboard Indicator 1Department Enrollment
Growth
Up 125
Up 142
Largest Graduate Program at ISU
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ELAF Dashboard Indicator 2K-12 Program Growth
MEd Up 22
EdS Up 76
PhD Down but strategic
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K-12 PhD Enrollment Strategy

• Increased graduation rate 80 graduate
• Emphasis on adequate dissertation support
• Strong candidate quality from which to draw
• Ready for future enrollment growth

ELAF PhD Program Highlight Largest producer of
PhDs on campus 2x larger than next biggest
program.
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ELAF Dashboard Indicator 3Higher Ed PhD
Student Affairs MS Program Growth
SAHE Up 69
PhD Up 19
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Dashboard Indicator 3 Graduation Production
MEd Up 188 EdS Up 100 PhD Up 366 since 02
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Noted Achievements Fall 07 Fall 08

• Enrollment growth graduation production.
• Ranked 8 nationally in faculty productivity
  Affirms our applied scholarship agenda.
• PhD Program curricular refinements stronger
  emphasis on tools needed to do a dissertation and
  opportunities to work on it while in coursework.
• Graduates selected as state principal and
  superintendent of the year.
• Diversity of cohorts, especially in the Higher
  Education Doctoral Program
• MEd program with SLLA performance that leads the
  state.
• SAHE Program of Promise Year 3.
• Federal Policy Seminar Washington, DC.
• Leadership Hall campaign.

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Dr. Robert Boyd Leadership Hall Campaign

• 83,000 raised 55 of 150,000 goal.
• Grand Opening Celebration to occur Summer or Fall
  2009.

25 of funds received go to Dr. Gregory Ulm
Leadership Scholarship to support ELAF students
with their studies.
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Departmental Goals

• New Assistant/Associate Professor of K-12
  Leadership Search underway.
• Continue to grow programs, especially from
  regions that have not historically been strong
  draws.
• Program reviews assessments in anticipation of
  NCA visit in 2010.