Public Graduate School of Education
Ed.D. in Leadership
The Ed.D. in Leadership is a 48-hour, 36-month program that is available online or face-to-face. The program is designed for mid-career working professionals and uses a cohort structure for accountability and community. Applicants should have a minimum of four years of professional experience and three years of leadership experience.
We center diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in collaborative, team-based projects to improve education and education-adjacent organizations. The curriculum includes action-oriented andragogy, the application of theory and research to practice, and focuses on addressing problems of practice in real-world contexts. The program concludes with a unique, year-long Capstone project, or dissertation-in-practice, in which a team of students work with a partner organization to address a problem of practice.
Program Highlights
n Program focuses on leadership for diversity, equity and inclusion
n Students and faculty with diverse backgrounds and experiences
n Curriculum designed for scholar-practitioners, linking research and theory to the practice of leadership
n Coursework includes key topic areas such as Equity and Leadership, Learning Networks, Professional Writing, Organizational Analysis and Change, Data Visualization, Methods for Scholar-practitioners, Budgeting, Policy & Ethics, and Law
Ed.D. in Leadership
Why this program?
n Cohort model for peer support, collaboration and engagement
n Community building through face-to-face summer residencies
n Culminating team capstone project in Year 3 addressing a real-world problem of practice with a partner organization
Choose from 5 Learning Cohorts
General Leadership Online Meets for 1.5 hours
Wednesdays between 5-8 p.m. ET
Higher Education Leadership Online Meets for 1.5 hours Wednesdays between 5-8 p.m. ET
K12 Leadership Online Meets for 1.5 hours Wednesdays between 5-8 p.m. ET
A Quick Glance
International Leadership Online Meets for 1.5 hours Wednesdays between 9 a.m.-12 p.m. ET (UT -4)
Combined Face-to-face Meets Thursday evenings 5:308 p.m. and five full Saturdays a semester
Credit hours: 48 Program timeline: Part-time, 3 years Start: Summer Mode: In-person & online Application deadline: February 1 (Early Decision: January 1)
Modalities
Online cohorts meet synchronously online for 1.5 hours on Wednesdays from 5–8 p.m. and also include asynchronous work to be completed during other designated timeframes within the semester. Online cohorts are usually distinct by sector.
International cohorts meet synchronously online for 1.5 hours on Wednesdays from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. ET(UTC-4) and are typically combined, with students from all sectors.
Face-to-face cohorts (F2F) meet on the Monroe Park Campus
n Five full-day Saturdays a semester with additional asynchronous work.
n Weekly on Thursday evenings starting at 5:30 pm and lasting about 2.5 hours. Some Thursday classes are a hybrid format using both F2F classes and synchronous sessions.
n F2F cohorts are almost always combined, with students from all sectors
Note: A minimum number of students is required to administer a given cohort or modality
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