PhD in Education, Other

Educators, administrators and other practitioners from many academic backgrounds can pursue this interdisciplinary doctorate. It follows a scholar-practitioner approach that encourages transformative scholarship along with research and leadership in people hoping to improve the world around them. Four areas give the program its structure: theory, research, practice and leadership. Throughout, it stresses social consciousness, criticality and advocacy. Candidates spend roughly the first two years in coursework, and the third year goes to either a dissertation or a doctoral digital portfolio. Those who already hold an EdS may have part of the coursework waived. The School of Education delivers the degree asynchronously online. New cohorts begin only once annually, during Fall 1. Applicants apply online and arrange for earlier institutions to transmit transcripts electronically, and general graduate admission requirements also apply. A candidacy review takes place as candidates progress, and the current catalog spells out required courses.