Application Requirements
- Apply Texas Application
- Ed.D. Application
- Official transcripts of all college-level work
- A master’s degree in a related field from an accredited institution
- Three years of full-time professional experience in a credible school or agency
- A 3.5 grade point average on all graduate work
- Three Positive recommendations forms. (Two current or previous supervisors in schools or agencies where the applicant has been employed, plus one from current or previous graduate-level professors who hold terminal degrees)
- Official GRE scores (less than five years old)
- Applicants selected after initial screening will be invited for an interview and writing sample exercise
Degree Type
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
Program Length
60 Credit Hours
Program Description
The Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership provides the highest professional degree available to students who aspire to leadership positions at either the school or college/university level. Although the degree requirements include a prescribed curriculum of required courses, the doctoral degree is awarded not only on the basis of coursework completion, but each doctoral student is also expected to conduct a major research project resulting in the presentation and defense of a dissertation.
Students who complete the doctoral degree in educational leadership will be able to: apply administrative theory to the instructional leadership function; set goals, assign responsibilities and verify how well resources are allocated and utilized in instructional improvement; plan and administer the curriculum of a school system; use appropriate communication and interpersonal skills in consultation, counseling and evaluation; interpret
the relationships among federal, state and local
education agencies and the laws applicable to the
administration of the schools; design educational
research and interpret results; and apply data to
educational processing capabilities and leadership
functions.
Academic Advisor
Dr. Rebecca Bustamante
(936) 294-4946 Office(936) 294-1147 Main Office
rmb007@shsu.edu
Enrollment Semester -
Spring (Higher Education Administration Cohort), Application deadline - November 1, 2011
Summer (K-12 Administration Cohort), Application deadline - February 1, 2012
Delivery Method
Evenings at the University Center, The Woodlands, TX
