Quick Facts Sheet

• Department Faculty have published in the following journals: Educational Administration Quarterly, Educational Leadership, Journal of Law and Education, Journal of School business Management, ERS Spectrum, Journal of Research and Information, College and University Education Law Reporter, Educational Research Quarterly, Journal of Technology Studies, Peabody Journal of Education and American School Board Journal.
• Almost one-third of current Indiana Superintendents received their license through the Department's Ed.S. or Ed.D. program.  This makes Ball State the State leader.
• 18% of current Indiana principals received their license through the Department's masters or licensure program.
• The Department offers the Ed.D. and M.A.E. in educational administration and supervision and the Ed.S. in School Superintendency.
• The Department has doctoral student cohorts at Carmel and Elkhart and a master's cohort with Indianapolis Public Schools.
• Most educational administration majors are part-time students.  The Department's largest enrollment occurs in the summer.  The Department had 437 students enroll in its summer 2004 courses.
• The Department has over 300 current master's degree students and more than 100 licensure-only students.  There are 75 current pending master's applications.
• The Department awarded 85 master's degrees during the 2003-2004 academic year.
• The Department has the largest off-campus distance education master's degree program at Ball State University.
• The Department represents approximately 25% of Ball State University's fall off-campus student enrollment.
• The Department had the highest number of admissions (120 students) of all Ball State University master's degree programs last year.
• The Department has 79 students enrolled in the Ed.D. program and is one of the largest doctoral programs on campus and awarded 11 doctoral degrees during the 2003-2004 academic year.
• The Department has 45 students enrolled in the Ed.S. program.  This is the largest Ed.S. program at Ball State University.
• The Department sponsors 5 Study Councils made up of 133 public school superintendents across Indiana (45% of all Indiana school corporations).
• The Department's principal and superintendent internship program is very intensive and is a "national model."
• The Department participates with the other major state universities in assisting school corporations' select superintendents.
• Professor Sharp had 3 books published during the 2003-04 academic year.
• Professor McKinney presented his research on student drug testing at several White House sponsored drug summits across the United States during the 2003-2004 school year.

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