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ERIC Number: EJ661497
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1066-8926
The Road Less Traveled: Atypical Doctoral Preparation of Leaders in Rural Community Colleges.
Lovell, Ned; Crittenden, Laura; Davis, Melvin; Stumpf, Dan
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v27 n1 p1-14 Jan 2003
Discusses an atypical doctoral degree program in Community College Leadership at Mississippi State University, which takes an interdisciplinary approach to educating future rural community college administrators. Program characteristics include: (1) instruction and research driven by priorities established by rural community colleges; (2) a degree delivered through the Division of Continuing Education; and (3) a degree that is a collaboration between two land-grant institutions. (Contains 26 references.) (NB)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Presidents, Community Colleges, Doctoral Programs, Educational Innovation, Leadership Training, Partnerships in Education, Professional Development, Professional Education, Rural Education, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mississippi State University