Admissions

IMPORTANT NOTE: New admission to the Higher Education EdD program, for those students starting their program of study in Fall 2005 or later, is now housed at the Doctoral website (http://www.schoolofed.nova.edu/doctoral/admissions.htm).

Primary audience for this degree: Practicing professionals who are teaching, training, or supervising adults at community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities.

Requirements

Admissions Quicksheet

• Official transcripts are required from the applicant for ALL previously attended institutions for FULL admittance
• Applicants must hold a master's degree from an accredited institution with a minimum 3.0 GPA
• All foreign transcripts should submitted with their official evaluation
• Evaluation Information: http://www.naces.org/members.htm
• NSU application form
• $50 application fee
• One letter of recommendation
• Miller Analogies Test (MAT) or Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score. The test must have been taken in the last five years.
• Applicants for clusters meeting in Georgia or South Carolina must submit results of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).

Program Format

• opportunity to complete coursework in 2 - 3 years. Maximum of years is 5.
• 66 credit hours
• weekend format, once a month (Firday nights and all day Saturday) or hybrid delivery live/online or total online delivery option
• maintain full-time employment
• new students admitted three times a year
• $675 per credit hour (subject to change)
• $2,100 continuing services (subject to change)

Admissions and Application Process

The following Application and Admission Packet should be completed and used to apply for admission to the Higher Education Leadership. Included in the document are the following:

• Graduate Admission Application
• Admission Recommendation Form
• Two Transcript Request Forms

1. Complete the graduate Application and Admission Packet and submit it with the $50 nonrefundable application fee (payable to Nova Southeastern University). The admissions packet should be addressed to:

Nova Southeastern University
Enrollment Processing Services (EPS)
Attn: Fischler School of Education and Human Services
3301 College Avenue
P.O. Box 299000
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33329-9905

2. Request a letter of recommendation from your supervisor or an administrator who can attest to the nature of your professional performance.
3. Request that official transcripts of all previous academic work be sent to the address above.  (An official copy of the master's degree transcript should be submitted immediately to begin the admissions process.)
4. Submit GRE scores if you plan to attend a Georgia or South Carolina cluster.
5. Submit scores from the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) taken within the last five years.

Students entering the program must be employed either full or part time. Part-time students must affirm identified sources for the required research projects by completing the Part-time Employee Information Form.

Transfer of Credits

Transfer of Credit Form

A maximum of six semester hours, doctoral-level credit, earned from a regionally accredited institution within the past three years, will be considered toward meeting the Higher Education Leadership graduation requirements. These credits will be evaluated for transfer against up to two of the core or specialization course requirements. No credit for experiential learning or other forms of advanced standing will be granted. Three of the six credits may be elective credit. Grades for courses transferred must be A, B, or equivalent.

Applicants who wish to request evaluation of prior course work for consideration as transfer credit should note this on their application, send course descriptions, and request that official transcripts be sent to DHEL. Current students should request and receive prior written approval from DHEL central staff before enrolling in any courses at another institution intended to be submitted for transfer credit. This request should include an explanation and related course description(s).

Credits earned at Nova Southeastern University are transferable at the discretion of the receiving school. Students who wish to transfer credit should contact the admissions office of the receiving school for information.

Conditional/Provisional Admissions Policy

Students (applicants) who do not provide official documents, such as transcripts, or other specific program admissions requirements will be considered provisional/conditional students. The student must provide these documents within 90 calendar days from the start of the term. [ Note : The start of the term will be determined as the beginning date of each term according to Banner definitions, not the first day of a particular course or class]. If these final and official documents and/or requirements have not been submitted within the designated period, the student will not be allowed to continue class attendance. Financial aid will not be disbursed to any provisional/conditional student until he or she has been fully admitted as a "regular" student. Students who are awaiting documents to be submitted will not be assessed a $50 late fee within the 90 day calendar period. [ Note : When all documents are received for Provisional students and they move to Full Admit status, their financial aid can then be disbursed].

Colleges/programs are responsible for including the following Provisional/Conditional Policy statement to students prior to their admission into the program. The statement must be included in the college/program's handbooks, catalogs, web sites, and any other admission literature provided to students. The statement should read as follows:

Students are provisionally admitted to a degree-seeking program based on a review of unofficial transcripts or other specific program admissions requirements. However, this admission includes a condition that final and official documents and requirements must be received within 90 calendar days from the start of the term. If these final and official documents and/or requirements are not received by that time, the student will not be allowed to continue class attendance. Financial aid will not be disbursed to a provisional/condition student until he or she has been fully admitted as a regular student (all admissions requirements have been approved by the college/program admissions office).

[ Note : Applicants who submit and are admitted based upon complete files, including all official required documents would move directly to Full Admit status and would not be affected by this policy.]

University Provisions

The provisions set forth in this document are not to be regarded as an irrevocable contract between the student and Nova Southeastern University. Regulations and requirements, including tuition and fees, are necessarily subject to change without notice at any time at the discretion of the administration. The university further reserves the right to require a student to withdraw at any time, as well as the right to impose probation on any student whose conduct is unsatisfactory. Any admission on the basis of false statements or documents is void upon discovery of the fraud, and the student is not entitled to any credit for work that he or she may have done at the university. Upon dismissal or suspension from the university for cause, there will be no refund of tuition and fees. The balance due Nova Southeastern University will be considered receivable and will be collected.

A transcript of a student's academic record cannot be released until all of his or her accounts, academic and nonacademic, are paid.

Any Nova Southeastern University student has the right to inspect and review his or her educational record. The policy of the university is not to disclose personally identifiable information contained in a student's educational record without prior written consent from the student, except: to university officials, to officials of another school in which the student seeks enrollment, to authorized representatives of federal or state agencies, to accrediting organizations, to parents of dependent students, under judicial order, to parties in a health or safety emergency, or when verifying graduation with a particular degree.

A student has the right to petition Nova Southeastern University to amend or correct any part of his or her educational record that he or she believes to be inaccurate, misleading, or in violation of the privacy or other rights of students. If the university decides it will not amend or correct a student's record, the student has a right to a hearing to present evidence that the record is inaccurate, misleading, or in violation of the privacy or other rights of students.

If these rights are violated, a student may file a complaint with the Department of Education. A student may obtain a copy of the Educational Privacy Act policy by requesting it in writing from the Office of the University Registrar, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314-7796. A schedule of fees and a listing of the types and locations of educational records are contained in this policy.

Nova Southeastern University admits students of any race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, nondisqualifying disability, religion or creed, or national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school, and does not discriminate in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

The school is authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant alien students.

Nova Southeastern University programs are approved for the training of veterans and other eligible persons by the Bureau of State Approval for Veterans' Affairs.  Eligible veterans and veterans' dependents should contact the Office of the University Registrar, 3301 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida  33314-7796, telephone (954) 262-7241 or toll free 800-541-6682, Ext. 7241.