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Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership
The Doctor of Education with emphasis in educational leadership is a terminal degree offered by the Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership in the James I. Perkins College of Education to provide advanced preparation in educational leadership with a specific focus on the leader as a scholar-practitioner. It is designed as a cohort program to prepare leader-practitioners in advanced leadership.
How to apply:
Obtain necessary forms from the Department of Secondary Education and Educational
Leadership and the Office of the Graduate School.
- Applicants must possess:
- a master's degree in a related field from an accredited college or university
- 18 + hours of graduate coursework in educational administration from an accredited graduate college or university
- 3.5 (4.0 scale) average of course work completed for the master's degree
- a composite score in the range of 1,000 on the Verbal and Quantitative sections of the GRE (within the last five years) and completed before the deadline for application
- Applicant must submit: All forms and credentials respectively to the Department of Secondary Educational Leadership and the Graduate School. The forms include the following:
- application (and fee of $25) to graduate school (submitted to Graduate School Office)
- application to doctoral program (submitted to Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership: Attention Doctoral Program Coordinator)
- a list of four references should be included as outlined in the application forms
- a current resume
- a leadership profile
An applicant from a foreign country must meet the same requirements for admission as a student from the United States. If any applicant's primary language is not English, the applicant must meet any requirements set forth by the Doctoral Faculty Council and/or present satisfactory scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) as required.
Application procedures:
- All materials completed by early spring;
- Doctoral faculty reviews all materials;
- A pool of applicants enters the final phase of the application process.
- Final Phase: An applicant participates in an interview, gives a brief presentation, and completes a written experience which are conducted by members of the Doctoral Faculty Council.
- Accepted applicant enters the degree program.