ESSAY TOPICS
If you've applied for a Quest Whole Leader Scholarship or Fellowship, you must submit an essay along with a resumé or curriculum vitae. Your essay should be two to three typewritten pages. Please find specific essay requirements per graduate school below.
- View full application steps.
- Connect with us at 918.495.6518 or gradadmissions@oru.edu.
Once you have completed a qualified application, you may be invited to participate in an interview on ORU's campus or via an online video conference.
Graduate Business Essay Topic
Please provide a response to the following questions:
- Identify one or two key trends that are impacting business schools in higher education.
- Describe the trend(s) you've identified above. Justify why you feel the trend(s) is "key." (Cite sources)
- Describe the potential impact of this trend on ORU's College of Business.
- Offer recommendations to the Dean for addressing this trend(s).
- Develop an action plan for implementing your recommendations.
Your response should be no longer than three pages. Please provide a reference list at the end of your paper (does not count toward the three-page limit).
Graduate Education Essay Topic
Change is a regular, transformative and disruptive condition in every educational setting. Please describe the educational leader's role in the change process and provide a response to the following questions:
- Identify 1 or 2 major trends impacting education.
- Describe what major changes are needed based on the trend(s) identified above.
- Describe the role and responsibility of an educational leader to help navigate the needed changes. (Cite sources)
- Describe major considerations that the educational leader must consider to ensure the recommended changes have the intended impact.
- How will the educational leader assess the effectiveness of the recommended change?
- Develop an action plan for implementing your recommendations.
Your response should be double-spaced and no longer than three pages. Please provide a reference list at the end of your paper (does not count toward the three-page limit).
Graduate Theology Essay Topic
Please answer the following question:
What does a biblically sound and theologically balanced ministry look like in the context of a postmodern world, and how would you incorporate Holy Spirit-empowerment into such a global ministry?