8 PhD Programs in Educational Leadership

The Doctor of Educational Administration is designed to prepare experienced practitioners for senior administrative and policy-making positions, and pursue careers in policy, university or college teaching, and research. The students are able to specialize in the areas of administration and policy analysis in higher education, student development and student affairs, international and comparative higher education, historical and philosophical foundations of higher education, finance and economics of higher education, and organizational culture and change. The Educational Administration program is designed to advance the professional development of experienced educational administration graduates and professionals in the educational administration arena by extending their knowledge and equipping them with broad research and process educational administration skills, enabling them to make a key leadership contribution to their chosen fields.... [-]

The Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Law will prepare professional educators to be part of a vanguard through the twenty-first century. These educators will be provided with: the necessary knowledge of their subject; an understanding of our diverse culture; technological skills; critical thinking skills required to make informed decisions and implement change; and the ability to provide a just and ethical, accurate, and meaningful education for their students.

The program is offered exclusively in a cohort format. The elite group of students selected to begin each fall will progress through their coursework together. The first year of the program focuses on didactic coursework. The second-year combines didactic coursework with field-based internships. The final year of the program focuses on independent research, with results to be published in the form of a dissertation.... [-]

The Doctorate in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service in Higher Education (Ed.D. or Ph.D.) will prepare you to make significant contributions to your organization and will help you become a transformational leader in higher education.

The program is designed for current and aspiring leaders working in two- and four-year colleges and universities and community and technical colleges who seek to be a catalyst for meaningful change within their organization.

The curriculum for the Doctorate in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service in Higher Education focuses on contemporary leadership theories with a strong foundation in research. A broad understanding of the complex nature of higher education is woven throughout the curriculum, but the primary focus of the program is to prepare you to lead your organization through meaningful change and transformation. Rather than simply building your knowledge of higher education theory, you will learn to become a leader who will function effectively within your organization to create positive change.... [-]

The Doctorate in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service provides advanced study in leadership that prepares graduates to make significant contributions to their organizations and communities.

The program is designed for professions with present or emerging leadership responsibilities in a variety of learning communities: universities, colleges, business and industry, healthcare institutions, community organizations, social services, unions, libraries, government agencies, vocational education, staff training programs, consulting organizations, international agencies, as well as K-12 public, private and parochial schools. Participants share a common interest in leadership and may use their own work sites as a focus of graduate study. In essence, the program is designed to facilitate the development of effective leaders across a broad community.... [-]

Name of the program: Doctorate in Educational Innovation Key DGP: 241609 Normal period to graduate: 6 semesters Credits: 210 Degree that confers: Doctor in Educational Innovation Campus where it is offered: Hermosillo

To train researchers who are capable of producing original knowledge about educational realities and apply them in a creative way with the purpose of contributing, with ethical sense, to the solution of problems and the attention of educational needs, through the formulation of foundations that sustain innovations and reforms educational activities at the regional and national levels.... [-]

The Ph.D. concentration in Leadership and Policy Studies in Education requires a minimum of 60 credit hours, 30 hours of which will be taken toward completing a dissertation. As per the UAEU regulations, students should be studying on a full-time basis where they study three courses each semester. The time to complete the degree depends on the ability of the student to pass the comprehensive exam and write their dissertations. However, it is very likely to get a degree in less than four years. The main objectives of a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies in Education are to help doctoral students to be competent in doing research in this area of specialization, teaching in higher education institutions, and to advance their knowledge, skills, and dispositions in this important area. This would allow them to attain leadership positions in schools, school districts, or higher levels of educational administration. Students in the Ph.D. concentration in Leadership and Policy Studies will learn about highly important issues for leading educational systems and policy planning. A few of the issues of importance in the concentration include learning about organizational behavior, motivating and leading personnel toward higher productivity, leading school change, becoming instructional and transformational leaders, learning about sociology of education, being inducted into ethical leadership of schools and educational institutions, learning how to bridge the gaps between schools and the surrounding community, understanding global influence on education and being prepared to... [-]

The Doctor of Education (EdD) at Union University is designed for active professionals who will graduate ready to assume leadership and teaching roles in schools, universities, government, and business. As an EdD graduate, you can contribute positively to administration, teaching, research, policy, and curriculum formation.

Earn a degree designed to be a blend of theory and practice, classic knowledge and current research, analysis and synthesis, macro-perspective and micro-functionality.

Fully online, the Leadership in School Reform track is designed to prepare school leaders with new and relevant courses in educational leadership. Be equipped to create and actualize a vision for leadership in 21st-century schools. Be able to employ the best of research and practice in policy, child development, learning, teaching, and leadership within the context of school reform.... [-]