Higher Education — Community College Leadership

Graduate Academic Certificate program

 
About

Community colleges are facing an impending leadership crisis. The current generation of college presidents, senior administrators, and faculty leaders are retiring at a rapid rate. With the presidential median age of sixty as of 2012, 42 percent of presidents are expected to retire in the next five years. Upcoming retirements in leadership positions are projected to continue to be higher than normal as a generational change takes place.

This provides community colleges an opportunity to hire or promote energetic new academic and administrative leaders with new ideas and the right credentials that will help colleges respond to the increasing demands on higher education institutions.

Objectives

  • Provide currently employed community college professionals who hold master's degrees a certificate that will add depth and breadth to their knowledge of community colleges.
  • Provide graduate-level professional development opportunities related to community college mission, finance and administration, leadership, economic and community development, teaching and learning, and contemporary issues.
Apply
  1. Apply through the Toulouse Graduate School
  2. An earned master's degree from an accredited college or university
  3. Submit a resume/curriculum vitae and letter of interest addressing:
    • Your reasons for pursuing the community college leadership certificate;
    • Your immediate and long-range academic and career goals;
    • Your work experience and previous education as it relates to community colleges.
    to Shari.Wroe@unt.edu.
Courses

Course Requirements

Complete four of the required courses (12 hours) with a minimum grade point average of 3.0.

EDHE 5610 - Finance and Budgeting in Higher Education
EDHE 6060 - History and Philosophy of the Community College
EDHE 6080 - Community College Leadership
EDHE 6710 - Organization and Administration in Higher Education

These courses may be applied toward a doctorate in Higher Education, with a cognate area in community college.

Mayra Olivares-Urueta
Mayra Olivares-Urueta
Executive in Residence
Counseling and Higher Education

Mayra Olivares-Urueta, Ph.D. works to remove institutional barriers and ensure the success of all students, especially historically marginalized and excluded populations. She comes to UNT after serving as associate professor of professional practice in the graduate Higher Education Leadership Program at Texas Christian University. Prior to that, Mayra worked as vice president for student development services at Tarrant County College-Northeast Campus. Dr. OU’s research and writing focus on removing barriers to executive leadership for Latina mothers in higher education, making college a family affair, and increasing access and success of Latinx students in higher education. In 2018 she was named an American Association of Women in Community Colleges 40 under 40 and in 2020 she became a fellow of the Aspen Institute’s Presidential Fellows program. She is immediate past-president of the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education, member of the NASPA Latinx Task Force within the Community Colleges Division and a member of the Board of Directors for Camp Fire Texas. Dr. OU enjoys spending time with her family, running, and reading. 

940-369-7112
Mayra.Olivares-Urueta@unt.edu
Matthews Hall 207-C