Are You Qualified to Be a Member of This "Elite Group"? A School Leadership Preparation Program Examines the Extent "Diverse" Candidates Are Admitted to Graduate School. (June 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boske, Christa; Elue, Chinasa
• Is Part Of: Journal of cases in educational leadership. Volume 20:Number 2(2017:Jun.)
• Page Start: 145
• Page End: 162
• Publication Date: 2017-06
• Subjects: leadership preparation -- graduate admissions -- equity -- diversity; Educational leadership -- Periodicals; Educational leadership -- Research -- Periodicals; 371.2011
• DOI: 10.1177/1555458916686645
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1555-4589

Abstract

This case outlines a dilemma encountered by faculty in a K-12 educational administration graduate program on the east coast. The case offers a detailed illustration of tensions arising when faculty discuss their graduate admissions process, their role as gatekeepers, understandings of merit, and the need for student diversity. Disrupting institutional systems of domination and faculty reliance on admissions criteria undermine programmatic diversity goals, including the meanings faculty associate with common admissions criteria. Implications include an authentic, holistic, and intentional examination of graduate admissions criteria.