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Admission to the Leadership Excellence School:

Individuals who set up a study account at CLI may begin with this introductory class, a different course, or may begin the Leadership Excellence School Admissions course. Upon completing his or her first CLI course, the student is accepted into the Christian Development School. If the student begins in the introductory course, upon completion of this class, students may choose to remain in the Christian Development School and enroll in their next course or they may then choose to pursue enrollment at the Leadership Excellence School by enrolling in the Leadership Excellence School Admissions course (0 credits).

 

In the Leadership Excellence School application process, students first pay a $75.00 application fee (an institutionally-subsidized price is available for Tier Nation students). Next, students must complete the admissions form. In that form, they must update and submit a well-written short essay to confirm their writing readiness. They also must submit verification of their identity through a government-issued ID (alternative options are available if a student is in a situation that prohibits the student from being able to upload a government-issued ID). Lastly, they must establish their readiness credentials, ordinarily affirm agreement with CLI’s Statement of Faith, and submit one mentor contact. To establish readiness credentials, students must have completed one of the following options: (1) complete 30 units at Christian Leaders Institute, (2), send their official high school transcript or GED, (3) send an official transcript from another institution of higher learning in order to transfer three credits, or (4) complete the College Preparation Award (14 units) at Christian Leaders Institute.

 

Admissions criteria: Leadership Excellence School’s admissions policy requires each applicant to:

1. Demonstrate earnest desire to learn about Christian belief, practice, and ministry.

2. Demonstrate readiness for study at a postsecondary institution.

3. Provide evidence of personal integrity and a good reputation.

 

Admissions process: All applicants for admission to Christian Leaders Institute’s Leadership Excellence School must first create a study account at the Christian Leaders Institute (CLI). CLI students can obtain official admission to the Leadership Excellence School by completing the Leadership Excellence School Admissions class. Here is a more detailed description of the process for gaining admission to CLI’s Leadership Excellence School, showing how applicants meet the admissions criteria by taking these steps.

 

1. To demonstrate earnest desire to learn about Christian belief, practice, and ministry, an applicant must agree to CLI’s Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy and must ordinarily affirm agreement with CLI’s Statement of Faith.*

*An applicant who does not agree fully with the Statement of Faith may be considered for admission only after identifying the area of disagreement, discussing it with the Office of Student Services, and committing not to contradict the Statement of Faith when interacting with other CLI students.

 

2. To demonstrate readiness for study at a postsecondary institution, an applicant must write and submit a well-written short essay to demonstrate writing ability and must do one of the following as part of the CLI Leadership Excellence School’s admission process:

a. Send official high school transcript or official GED to the CLI registrar’s office.

b. Already have completed 30 units at Christian Leaders Institute’s Christian Development School.

c. Earn CLI’s College Preparation Award, which consists of Christian Leaders Connection, Ministry Foundations, Christian Basics, Basic Writing or College Writing, and at least one of these three classes: College Algebra, Practical Math, or Christian Leaders Enterprise.

d. Transfer at least 3 credits from another college where the student was previously enrolled

 

3. To provide evidence of personal integrity and a good reputation, an applicant must submit one mentor contact as part of the Leadership Excellence School’s admission process as well as upload a government-issued ID verifying the applicant’s identity. The mentor contact submission must include the following information:

a. Name

b. Valid email.

 

Christian Leaders Institute reserves the right to request a different mentor contact if the first mentor contact is not appropriate or clear enough to allow an understanding by the Institute as to the applicant’s reputation and personal integrity as the student studies in their desired program.

 

The Leadership Excellence School Admissions (0 credits) is the venue for each applicant to fulfill Leadership Excellence School admissions criteria. Upon completion of the Leadership Excellence School Admissions, the applicant is admitted to the Christian Leaders Institute’s Leadership Excellence School. Students accepted into the Leadership Excellence School will have two separate transcripts – a Christian Development School one (units and modules) and a Leadership Excellence School one (credits). Only CLI courses eligible to give college credit will appear on the Leadership Excellence School transcript.

 

NOTICE FOR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STUDENTS: Christian Leaders Institute must ensure they have authorization to offer education and/or degrees to students residing in that state. Authorization is something that must be regularly reviewed for an institution as state laws may change during that time. CLI in its most recent inquiries discovered that some states’ authorization process costs would be cost-prohibitive for CLI and/or that some state’s authorization or exemption hinges on whether an institution has accreditation. This means that students residing in those states will be unable to enroll into the Leadership Excellence School Admissions class, earn college credit, and pursue a degree at this time. Students residing in the following states will not be eligible for admission to the Institute’s Leadership Excellence School and its degree programs currently, but they will be eligible for enrollment at the Institute’s Christian Development School and pursuit of its programs as well as pursuit of Alliance programs at the Institute: 

 

Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Virginia.

 

Degree Credentials

Admission to a degree program is dependent on successful completion of the Christian Leaders Institute’s Leadership Excellence School (LES) Admissions class and by setting up a payment or payment plan toward the degree program educational services fee. An individual may request enrollment into a degree program and its capstone course if they have successfully completed the Leadership Excellence School Admissions, been admitted to the LES, and they have successfully already set up an educational services fee payment. Students may also request enrollment into a degree program by emailing the Registrar’s Office at registrar@christianleaders.net if they have previously been admitted to the LES and have set up a degree payment or payment plan.

The Leadership Excellence School of Christian Leaders Institute grants Associate's and Bachelor's degrees of:

  • Divinity
  • Christian Leadership
  • Chaplaincy

The Christian Leadership Degree also has concentrations or majors available in the following areas: 

  • Christian Philosophy Concentration or Major
  • Church Planting Concentration
  • Women's Ministry Concentration
  • Advanced Biblical Studies Concentration
  • Youth Ministry Concentration
  • Christian Business Concentration or Major

Cost of the Degree Program

Upon successful completion of the Leadership Excellence School Admissions: Part One, students may choose to pursue enrollment in a specific degree program in Part Two of that class. Students are able to take all the classes for free, but there is an educational services fee that goes toward support services, course development, staff effort, verification, maintenance, and library services. With the free-tuition scholarship, the degree program costs for a student:

           

Educational Services Fee for an Associate degree program: $2,000 (payment plans, pay-in-full discount, and institutional grants available).

Educational Services Fee for a Bachelor degree program: $4,000 if no prior Associate Degree earned at CLI; $2,000 if student previously earned an Associate Degree at CLI (payment plans, pay-in-full discount, and institutional grants available).

Degree Program Payment Plans

Monthly payment plans for the degree programs are available. Once the payments for the Degree Program Educational Services Fee have been paid in full, payments will cease. A student is unable to be enrolled in a degree program until the first payment toward the educational services fee has been received. All fees must be paid before a student may complete a degree program.

 

Global Mission Fund

The Global Mission Fund has been set up with the mission to continue bringing free online ministry training worldwide and to support the credential fees and degree program educational services fees for students and graduates in less affluent nations. The Global Mission Fund allows students who complete the training at Christian Leaders Institute to receive their official certificates and diplomas at a much lower cost. This program gives an institutional grant toward the degree program educational services fee to allow students to obtain their degree at an amount more reasonable for their nation’s economy. Nations are divided into three different tiers, with Tier 1 receiving the most aid. Please refer to Christian Leaders Institute’s website for a full breakdown of the tiers (https://www.christianleadersinstitute.org/global-mission-fund/).

Institutional Grants

There are a variety of grants offered at Christian Leaders Institute. Students may apply for a grant toward the cost of one degree program educational services fee. These grants can be applied for in the Leadership Excellence School Admissions Class. In the Leadership Excellence School Admissions, students are guided through the process that includes application, acceptance, and enrollment into a degree program with an applicable grant. These grants are given based on need. The following grant amount is available for those who meet eligibility (information about eligibility for the Degree Program grants can be found in the Leadership Excellence School Admissions course):


Degree Program Grant (Tier 4) - $500 discounted for an Associate Degree and $1,000 discounted for a Bachelor Degree (if no previous Associate Degree completed at CLI; if completed an Associate Degree at CLI first, it is $500 discounted).

 

Tier Nations 1-3 Grants – these amounts vary by Tier. See Global Mission Fund for more information.

 

“Here I Am Fund” and “Send Me Scholarship” Program

If students do not have the resources for our low educational services fees and even monthly payments or a grant would not sufficiently help, Christian Leaders Institute offers opportunity through the “Here I Am Fund,” which is a fund dedicated to bringing in the funds to give the “Send Me Scholarship” to students who meet the criteria to receive the scholarship.

 

Students must meet the following criteria to enroll in the Send Me Scholarship Program’s course:  

 

1. Completed at least 15 units/credits of college-level course work at Christian Leaders Institute. This shows Christian Leaders Institute and potential sponsors that these students would most likely be able to successfully complete a degree. 

2. Maintained a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Students are also advised to complete the "Basic Writing (2 credits)" course first. Students must complete an application letter that will potentially be given to a review committee and/or potential sponsors.

 

Enrollment in this Send Me Scholarship Program does not guarantee that the student will be able to receive a scholarship. The enrollment period for this program is one year (365 days). If a student is not able to satisfactorily complete the assignments within the course or CLI is not able to match the student to a scholarship within the year period, the student will be automatically unenrolled and will need to prayerfully consider re-entering into the Send Me Scholarship Program course again.


Accreditation Status

Christian Leaders Institute holds a status candidate status as of Feb. 2024 with the Association for Biblical Higher Education Commission on Accreditation, 5850 T. G. Lee Blvd., Ste. 130, Orlando, FL 32822, 407.207.0808. Candidate status is a pre-accreditation status granted to those institutions that meet the ABHE Conditions of Eligibility and that possess such qualities as may provide a basis for achieving initial accreditation within five years.


Christian Development School’s Units Versus Leadership Excellence School’s Credits

Christian Leaders Institute students in the Christian Development School may take the Institute’s college-level courses, but they receive units on their “Christian Leaders Institute: Christian Development School” transcript rather than college credits on a “Christian Leaders Institute: Leadership Excellence School” transcript for those courses. Students accepted to the Leadership Excellence School who complete college-level courses will receive credits for those courses.


Keeping Education Accessible and Transferring Units to Credits

Part of CLI’s mission is to provide accessible biblical and high-quality higher education, which is why keeping all education free and accessible is paramount to CLI. Therefore, students may complete the requirements for a CLI course, but do not need to pay any tuition regardless of which school (CDS or LES) the student is studying in. Because the finances of some students may not allow them to immediately pay the LES application fee or some students may not think they need or want to pursue admission to the Leadership Excellence School in order to receive credit or pursue a degree, students may complete the college-level courses as CDS students receiving units for those college-level courses, and later, after receiving a scholarship, procuring the funds, or realizing their desire for a degree, may request transfer of their college-level courses’ units to credits at the LES. If an Institute student in the Christian Development School decides to enroll into the Institute’s Leadership Excellence School and the student is admitted into the Leadership Excellence School through successful completion of the LES Admissions course, any courses with units may be requested in the admissions process to be reviewed and transferred by the Registrar upon admission to the LES, but the student must be admitted to the Leadership Excellence School by successfully completing the Admissions course requirements first. 

Courses completed initially as a CDS student are notated on the student’s LES transcript when transferred by having the notation (CDS) next to the course name. The GPA for those transferred courses from units to credits is calculated into the Leadership Excellence School students’ cumulative GPA. Students must have a GPA of 2.0 or higher in order to pursue admission into the LES or enrollment into a degree program.

Disclaimer: Please note that CLI does not guarantee that courses completed by CDS students for units will be able to be transferred to credits since this is contingent on the student’s successful acceptance and admittance to the Leadership Excellence School as well as the review of the Registrar’s Office.


Transferring Bachelor's from Christian Leaders Institute into a Masters Program or Transferring Credits

Degree graduates of Christian Leaders Institute can apply to the Master’s degree programs of some of our accredited partner institutes. Some institutions also accept individual credit transfers. Learn more HERE. 

Cost of Official Transcript Requests and Processing

Students who need an official transcript must have successfully completed the Institute Verification Course (CDS students) or the Leadership Excellence School Admissions. The cost for verification or admissions application is $75.00. The cost for requesting a transcript is based on whether a student has completed a degree at CLI or not:


CLI degree program graduates: $30.00 Transcript Processing Fee

All other students: $75.00 Transcript Processing Fee



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