To be considered for admission, applicants must submit the following items through the Graduate School application dashboard:
- Evidence of a completed a master’s degree with a minimum GPA of 3.00
- All documents required by the UCA Graduate School including official copies of all undergraduate and graduate transcripts
- A completed application to the Change Leadership PhD program that includes contact information for three references
- Respond to the following prompt (limited to 500 words): PhD Program Writing Prompt
- Read the article associated with the concentration you are applying for. Write a 500–1000-word article review In your response, summarize the article and describe how the article connects to your ideas about change leadership.. Article Review for Admission Instructions
- Community Leadership Concentration Article:
Hampton, M., O’Hara, S., & Gearin, E. (2024). Assessing restorative community development frameworks–A meso-level and micro-level integrated approach. Sustainability, 16, Article 2061. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16052061 - Digital Age Curriculum and Instruction Concentration Article:
Fischer, G., Lundin, J. and Lindberg, O.J. (2023), “The challenge for the digital age: making learning a part of life”, International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, Vol. 40 No. 1, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJILT-04-2022-0079. - Literacy Leadership Concentration Article:
Gaab, N., & Duggan, N. (2024). Leveraging brain science for impactful advocacy and policymaking: The synergistic partnership between developmental cognitive neuroscientists and a parent-led grassroots movement to drive dyslexia prevention policy and legislation. Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 66, 101376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101376 Access at: https://uca.edu/phdleadership/files/2025/02/Literacy-Leadership-Article.pdf - Higher Education Leadership Concentration Article:
Macfarlane, B. J., Bolden, R., & Watermeyer, R. P. (2024). Three perspectives on leadership in higher education: Traditionalist, reformist, pragmatist. Higher Education, 88(4), 1381- 1402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-01174-x Access at: https://uca.edu/phdleadership/files/2025/02/Higher-Education-Article.pdf - K12 School Leadership Concentration Article:
Diehl, D.K., & Golann, J.W. (2023). An integrated framework for studying how schools respond to external pressures. Educational Researcher, 52(5), 296-305.McLeod, S., & Dulsky, S. (2021, March). Resilience, reorientation, and reinvention: School leadership during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Education, 6. Access at: https://uca.edu/phdleadership/files/2022/05/McLeod-Dulsky.pdf
ATTENTION: This is a Fall admission only program. Therefore, during the application process you must select the Fall term and the corresponding year you are applying for.