| CCL-Community College Leadership |
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| CCL600 |
Introductory Seminar on the Community College System |
| The course is designed to introduce the student to and/or provide the opportunity to reflect upon higher education as: the location of your educational experiences; the environment in which you participate in professional practice; an organizational entity; the subject of scholarly research; and an economic, social, cultural, and political institution within American society. The course acquaints graduate students with the study of the community college higher education system as an interdisciplinary field of study that bridges practice, theory, and empirical and other forms of research. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 1 semester hour |
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| CCL601 |
History and Philosophy of Community College Education |
| This course is designed as an introductory overview of the historical antecedents and development of Community Colleges and an overview and analysis of the philosophical and theoretical foundations. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL602 |
Sociocultural Contexts of the Community College |
| This course examines community colleges as complex socio- cultural settings affected by political, sociological and historical contexts. Students will integrate theoretical readings with fieldwork to analyze dynamics that influence work--programs, management, administration, mission and vision set by the Board for the college--within the institutional settings of community colleges, within families, and within communities. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL603 |
Globalization and the Community College |
| In this course, students will examine globalization, its many facets, complexities, paradoxes, and controversies, especially as these affect the mission and work of the community college. The impact of globalization on the current and future lives of community college students--on workplace mobility and the consequent instability of labor markets--will be emphasized. Students will demonstrate their personal understanding of how economic, socio-political and cultural forces of globalization might influence local communities, nation-states, multicultural and transnational societies, agencies, and organizations. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL604 |
Community Development Through Partnerships |
| Participants will learn to design, monitor, and evaluate participatory community development projects framed within the mission of the community college. Special emphasis is placed on the relationship between organizing and capacity building and the sustainable development of communities. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL605 |
Organizational Theory and the Community College |
| Examines the organization of community colleges and other institutions relative to advances in Systems, Chaos, and Complexity theory, with a special emphasis on the role of leaders in these institutions. Students will apply these varied theoretical frameworks to their own experiences of organization within the community college. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL610 |
Paradigms of Research: Multiple Ways of Knowing |
| In this course, students explore multiple theories of knowledge and research and their enactments in diverse community college contexts. Students investigate the nature and language of epistemological claims as they are created and legitimized through scientific, philosophical, historical, cultural, and personal renditions of knowledge. Students examine the implications of specific paradigms of knowledge for critiquing, conceptualizing, conducting, interpreting, and using research in their immediate settings. Critical reflections on the intersections of knowledge, power, identity and context are emphasized throughout the course. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL615 |
Research: Dissertation Concept Paper |
| An intensive immersion workshop in which students review the research elements of the dissertation process and develop a concept paper describing the project, its guiding questions, directions for the development of a literature review, and the significance of the project for practice. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program. 3 semester hours |
CCL620 |
Literature Review Seminar |
| This course introduces elements of critical review of literature and other resources related to doctoral research. Emphasis will be placed on critique and comparative analysis of the literature, discernment of gaps in existing research, and identifying conceptual and theoretical frameworks grounded in the work of others. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL621 |
Adult Development & Learning for the Community College |
| Reviews current theory and advanced research on adult development and learning and critically examines claims for distinctive forms of adult cognition. Analyzes cultural and social influences on adult learning and the place of adult learning in the lifespan. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL622 |
Human Resource Development for the Community College |
| This course provides a comprehensive overview of human resource development from its historical evolution to current methods, trends, and issues. A number of HRD functions--including training, staff development, personnel management, and the development of the college and its programs and services--will be explored. Participants will examine both the theory and practice of designing, implementing, evaluating, and managing effective HR divisions within an organization, as well as the ways HR related to other departments within the college. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL623 |
Politics, Policy, and Law: Community College Issues |
| In this course, students will examine Illinois community colleges in relation to the Community College Act, as well as general community college issues in relation to current legal, political, and economic factors that affect the American community college. Students will critically examine the basic assumptions and social forces that influence current educational policy making efforts with an emphasis on their legal, economic, and political underpinnings. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL625 |
Research Methodologies |
| Reviews and critiques different research methodologies in education. Provides opportunities to select appropriate research methodologies for diverse research projects. Students will prepare a preliminary draft of the research methodology section of their dissertation. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL626 |
Community College Leadership and Governance |
| The course is designed to actively investigate the roles of leaders and leadership within the contemporary community college setting. Attention will be given to concepts and practices endemic to administration, models for governance, administrative structure and operations, decision making and leadership. This course is intended to provide the student with theoretical and practical background on issues related to community college leadership, institutional effectiveness, and quality management. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL627 |
Community College Finance |
| This course is designed to provide non-financial managers and prospective community college leaders with a working knowledge of budget planning and management techniques and practices related to community college finance. Students are exposed to the art of building budgets, from the fundamentals of budget building to how budgets are influenced, finalized, and monitored. A background in economics is neither required for the course nor assumed by the professors. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL628 |
Strategic Planning and Management in the Community College |
| This course focuses on the theory and practice of strategic planning and strategic management in higher education. The course will cover various models and approaches to designing and conducting strategic planning. Students will be exposed to and practice using tools for strategic planning including its phases of planning, implementation, and evaluation. The course will emphasize a "big picture" systems perspective for implementation rather than merely long term planning. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of professor. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL630 |
Research: Advanced Data Collection and Analysis |
| Reviews data collected in relation to a dissertation in progress and provides a forum for critique of preliminary analysis and further refinement of collection and analysis procedures. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL631 |
Accountability, Evaluation, and Outcome Assessment |
| This course provides an overview of the need to demonstrate the administrative and academic effectiveness of community colleges and their programs. Various tools, techniques, and approaches for assessment and evaluation are examined for the distinctive areas within the institution: student outcomes, program and departmental evaluations, program certification and institutional assessment and accreditation. Students explore formal systematic and structured assessments and evaluations used to obtain performance information and data to measure the activities, characteristics, effectiveness, and efficiency of programs, departments and the institution as a whole. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of professor. 3 semester hours |
CCL632 |
Student Affairs and Student Services in the Community College |
| The course provides an overview to the student affairs and student services in the community college by examining the history, purposes, & organization of the department. Student affairs functions are explored with special emphasis on admissions and registration, financial aid, records, counseling and advising, and the student activity programs. Enrollment management issues and concerns are examined along with data collection and reporting requirements for college admission, retention, progression, and promotion processes. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL633 |
Technology in the Community College |
| Explores current technologies serving both programs and infrastructure--PeopleSoft and Banner, interactive video, online courseware, multimedia, and computerized instruction- in the context of best practices in Community Colleges. This course, grounded in each college's Facility Master Plan, will evaluate the uses of technology as well as its costs and how these costs are realized within the college's budget. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership Doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours |
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| CCL699 |
Research: Dissertation Clinic |
| Reviews and strengthens students' work by assessing research in progress, including methodology, literature review, data collection and analysis, and conclusions. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program. 3 semester hours |
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