Delivery Method:
Face-to-face/Videoconferencing
Online
Self-paced/Asynchronous

Classes offered on:
Classroom instruction is held on weeknights and intensive weekends at the Multi-University Center at Oak Brook and on the U of I campus. Weekend classes meet Friday evenings from 5–9 PMand Saturdays from 8 AM–4 PM. In addition, students will be required to travel to the U of I campus for coursework in selected semesters. Some courses will be delivered through distance learning (videoconferencing, web-based courses, and blended delivery), enabling students to gain first-hand experience with different delivery modes while maintaining full-time employment. Students will progress through the coursework together in a highly specified program. No credit from other universities or from within the University of Illinois can be transferred into the program. Students will be expected to start together and remain together through the coursework. Students are responsible for their own travel, room, and meal expenses when completing on-campus study.

Credit options for courses within the program:
Degree seeking (admitted to a degree program)
Non-degree seeking (students not admitted to a degree program at the time of the course) 
Non-credit/Audit

Number of Required Campus Visits: 0

Enrollment Type:
Cohort (students take online semester-based courses as a group)
Open Enrollment (enroll anytime)

Total Number of Credit Hours: A minimum of 64 hours for their degree. Students enrolled in the Doctor of Education degree program with Community College Executive Leadership will complete a minimum of 64 hours for their degree, which includes the following: 1) 32 hours of Educational Organization and Leadership (EOL) coursework, 2) 16 hours of cognate coursework (8 hours in Educational Administration and Leadership and 8 hours in Human Resource Education), 3) 12 hours of research methods coursework, and 4) a minimum of 4 hours of thesis research. (Note: After reviewing students’ transcripts, in some instances students may be required to complete additional coursework, to remedy any deficiencies in coursework.)

Tuition/Program Costs: $503 per graduate credit hour.

Admission Requirement(s):  Students must have earned a Masters degree to be eligible to apply for this program. We particularly seek applications from those underrepresented in school administrative positions, such as members of underrepresented minority groups and women.

Departmental Program Website: education.illinois.edu/eol/programs/highered/degrees.html