University of North Texas 
Community College Leadership
The Community College Leadership Graduate Certificate Program is no longer accepting new applicants. Current students will continue to receive support through completion of all program requirements.
Prospective students are encouraged to consider the Higher Education Master's Program, which includes a Community College track, or the Higher Education Ph.D. or Ed.D. Program, which offer a cognate in Community Colleges.
Relevant coursework will continue to be offered.
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.