School of Leadership Studies

ANNOUNCEMENT:  The School of Leadership Studies student application process will reopen March 1, 2010 for Fall 2010 admission.   The deadline is April 1, 2010.

 



Please direct program inquires to Dr. Denise Perritt, Interim Director, at perritda@jmu.edu.

School of Leadership Studies

 

James Madison University offers an innovative doctor of philosophy program in Strategic Leadership Studies with specialty concentrations in:  (1) Educational (K-12) Leadership, (2) Nonprofit and Community Leadership, (3) Higher Education. This program emphasizes business principles, accountability, and leadership theory and applications, which are all areas of reform that national groups have touted as important for the new educational and nonprofit administrator. Students will be instructed in management principles and in the broader visionary perspectives necessary for effective leadership roles. The program emphasizes practical applications yet be grounded in sophisticated research skills that are needed for data-based decision-making models in current practice.

The leadership course work encompasses models, theories and processes, as well as applications. The capstone leadership course requires an externship. In addition to leadership course work, students enroll in clusters of courses centered on research methodology including measurement, statistics, and accountability; business administration such as managerial finance, accounting for decision-making and control, and other management courses; and a specialty concentration of Educational Leadership, Nonprofit and Community Leadership, or Higher Education. Students in all concentrations study strategic management, advocacy and volunteerism strategies and principles, and advanced leadership dynamics.