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Educational Leadership, Ed.D.

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. 

Enrollment Semester -

Spring (Higher Education Administration Cohort), Application deadline - October 15, 2013

Summer (K-12 Administration Cohort), Application deadline - March 1, 2013

Delivery Method

Evenings at the The Woodlands Center, The Woodlands, TX