Educational Leadership in Higher Education (Ed.D.)
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Program Overview
Ed.D. in Higher Education Program (51 Credits)
Leadership in higher education requires creativity, flexibility, strategic thinking, and an understanding of student-centered institutions. Our Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership with a concentration in higher education will help you become as a leader who can make a difference in the field.
Our Ed.D. in Educational Leadership in Higher Education offers:
- A highly personalized approach: Small cohorts keeps the student/teacher ratio low and the level of support high. You will develop career-long professional relationships with your peers, faculty, and advisors.
- Apprenticeship experience: A doctoral apprenticeship offers students the chance to build their professional network, expand career options, and hone their leadership skills.
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Curriculum
Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 51
The Foundation Courses provide the framework for what we mean by scholar practitioner. Each of聽 the Foundation Courses is grounded in the assumption that research in service of improved practice will facilitate deliberate change.
These courses address such issues as: how bias and our histories聽 inform how we understand the world; how we can ethically identify and describe practice-embedded聽 educational research; how conducting a literature review and integrating, from both practice and聽 research, allows us to be transparent and critical about the ways we pursue and generate knowledge;聽 how we can align research questions and approaches; and what it looks like to gather and work with聽 research data to affect change.Foundation Courses
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EDL 703聽-聽History of Higher Education (Cr: 3)
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EDL 710聽-聽Sociology of Education (Cr: 3)
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EDL 708聽-聽Change Leadership in Education (Cr: 3)
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EDL 730聽-聽Current Issues in Educational Policy (Cr: 3)
Method Courses
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EDL 715聽-聽Introduction to Qualitative Research (Cr: 3)
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EDL 716聽-聽Literature Review I (Cr: 3)
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EDL 735聽-聽Introduction to Quantitative Research (Cr: 3)
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EDL 736聽-聽Literature Review II (Cr: 3)
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EDL 752A聽-聽Action Research (Cr: 3)
Leadership Courses
Students Choose two from the following:
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EDL 738聽-聽Ethical Leadership in Education (Cr: 3)
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EDL 720聽-聽Transformational Leadership in Contemporary Education (Cr: 3)
Higher Education Leadership Electives
Electives - 9 credits
Students must choose from three of the following:
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EDL 711聽-聽Prior Learning Assessment Seminar (Cr: 3)
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EDL 712聽-聽Organizational Consulting: A Fieldwork Approach (Cr: 3)
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EDL 746聽-聽Finance, Budget, and Operations (Cr: 3)
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EDL 760聽-聽Student Development: History and Issues (Cr: 3)
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EDL 764聽-聽Theories and Practice in Academic Leadership (Cr: 3)
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EDL 768聽-聽Teaching, Learning & Institutional Culture (Cr: 3)
Misc Courses
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EXM 700聽-聽Research Defense Proposal (Cr: 0)
Experiential Courses
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EDL 772A/772B聽-聽Doctoral Apprenticeship I & II (Cr: 6)
Dissertation Courses
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EDL 755A聽-聽Dissertation Study Part I (Cr: 3)
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EDL 755B聽-聽Dissertation Study Part II (Cr: 3)
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EDL 755C聽-聽Dissertation Study Part III (Cr: 3)
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, students will:
- Locate, analyze and synthesize existing research to address problems in the field.
- 鈥婣pply key concepts, theories, and frameworks from education and related fields of inquiry to critically examine leadership issues and decisions in higher education settings.
- Utilize social scientific research processes (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods) to develop and evaluate research.
- Communicate clearly with a scholarly audience via written research, oral presentations, and in dialog with each other.
- Conduct original scholarship that contributes significantly to the field.
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EDL 703聽-聽History of Higher Education (Cr: 3)