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Educational Leadership Scholarship

Awarded to Harding University candidates in Graduate Education specifically in the area of Educational Leadership: Principal, Curriculum & Instruction Administration, Special Education Administration and Superintendent. The scholarship will be $500 for one semester awarded to three candidates seeking an administrative license. Candidates can apply each semester (fall, spring and summer) for this scholarship. Recipients are eligible to receive this scholarship once per calendar year. A committee established in the College of Education will be responsible for the selection of the recipients.

Contact: Educational Leadership Office at 501-279-4117 or edleadership@harding.edu

Educational Leadership Ed.D: Harding University Staff Fellowship

GENERAL GUIDELINES:
This university fellowship program is available to assist staff in pursuit of the College of Education’s Ed.D. in Educational Leadership – Higher Education Track. This program provides professional development for approved members of the staff at Harding and will benefit both the staff member and the University. Faculty are not eligible for this program. Eligible staff must have completed at least three years of service to Harding in order to participate in this program and can apply during their third year of service at Harding. There are a limited number of fellowships; the number awarded each year is based on the funding available and the size of the incoming class. Typically, no more than two fellowships are awarded in a given year. Priority is given to well-qualified applicants with a rationale of benefits to both the applicant and Harding. The Ed.D. program director will collaborate with various offices on campus to develop a list of potential research topics that will benefit the university. Fellowship recipients must choose a research topic that will be beneficial to Harding. All fellowship recipients will make progress reports to their immediate supervisor (copied to their vice president) and the provost at the end of each year. The director of the Ed.D. program must evaluate and determine that the dissertation topic is of potential benefit to Harding. While participating in the fellowship program, the staff member’s pay will not be increased more than the normal rate of increase provided to other full-time employees. Only after completing the doctorate will the staff member’s salary be adjusted. The only exception is if the staff member is promoted to a higher paying position. Ed.D. classes are typically on Saturdays at the North Little Rock campus, so they do not conflict with the normal Monday through Friday workweek. In the event of a class conflict with work, the fellowship recipient must work out a satisfactory work schedule adjustment with their immediate supervisor.

EXPENSES:
Harding University will pay tuition and technology fees only in the amount of 100% for all non-dissertation course work and 75% for all dissertation credit hours. The staff member will sign an education assistance agreement before beginning the fellowship program. The doctorate must be completed within a seven-year period from the date of the first term of classes. To be eligible for education assistance agreement forgiveness, the staff member is required to sign a promissory note that requires a year of service to the university for each year of support provided. If the staff member leaves active employment with Harding University, the education assistance agreement forgiveness ends immediately. The staff member is responsible for repayment of the balance at the terms agreed to in the education assistance agreements. Individuals who fail to complete their program of study must repay the university in full for all funds that were provided. If the failure of completion occurs through no fault of their own, the staff may petition for an exception.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Apply and be accepted into Harding's Ed.D. program for higher educational leadership.
Submit a written request for a fellowship to the director of the Ed.D. program that includes a rationale, describing the benefit to the applicant and to Harding. Include letters of support from immediate supervisor and (if not the same) the appropriate vice president. Only those submitted with approval of the respective vice president will be forwarded to the fellowship committee for consideration.
Applications will be evaluated by the Ed.D. fellowship committee that is comprised of the Ed.D. program director, Executive VP, the Provost, the VP for Finance. The fellowship committee will review each application and make recommendations to the president.
The Ed.D. program director will communicate the decision of the president to the applicants.
Fellowship recipients will work with the Ed.D. office to facilitate support.

Providing support for pursuit of Ed.D. in higher education for approve staff is a form of professional development that leads to a better-qualified staff. The dissertation research topic selected will be of benefit to the university.

Contact: Educational Leadership Office at 501-279-4117 or edleadership@harding.edu

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