ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses issues related to guidelines for community college leadership programs (CCLPs) offered in universities, specifically, their need, content, and necessity. CCLPs are graduate-level university programs, typically at the doctoral level, that prepare senior-level professionals to serve in leadership roles in the nation’s two-year colleges. The chapter utilizes the theory of evolution as a conceptual framework, not only to understand the continual and constant change of CCLPs but also to discuss the future and viability of these programs. Community College Leadership Initiative Consortium (CLIC) provides upper- and mid management administrators with further development of their leadership and administrative skills. University of Phoenix, DeVry, Cappella, and other large and successful proprietary universities have established CCLPs that create significant competition for traditional universities in the CCLP market. The question of whether CCLPs should establish a set of standards seems logical to ask, given the rise of competing community college leadership programs and the different curricular designs used to create them.
