Educational Leadership: Transformational Leading and Learning with a Concentration in International Higher Education (Doctor of Education)

The Endicott College Education Doctorate (Ed. D.) degree program with a concentration in International Education has been carefully designed to be responsive to the needs of mid-career professionals offering coursework primarily online and through residency weekends focused on professional development. The Ed. D. program blends theory, research, and practice to address challenges faced by contemporary schools and trains scholar-practitioners whose knowledge, leadership, analytic, and management skills will facilitate high levels of teacher and student performance. The year-long apprenticeship experience provides significant opportunity to apply learning along with mentor observations and input.

Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 51

Foundation Courses

EDL 703 - History of Higher Education (Cr: 3)
EDL 707 - Diverse Global Communities (Cr: 3)
EDL 709 - Student Wellbeing in International Schools (Cr: 3)
EDL 710 - Sociology of Education (Cr: 3)
EDL 714 - Curricular Leadership for School Transformation (Cr: 3)

Method Courses

EDL 704 - Introduction to Critical Inquiry (Cr: 3)
EDL 716 - Literature Review I (Cr: 3)
EDL 715 - Introduction to Qualitative Research (Cr: 3)
Or
EDL 727 - Qualitative Research Methods (Cr: 3)
EDL 728 - Mixed Methods for Educational Research (Cr: 3)
EDL 752A - Action Research (Cr: 3)

Higher Education Leadership Electives

Electives - 3 credits

Students must choose one from the following or EDL 711 DPLA Seminar:

EDL 706 - Family-School Engagement (Cr: 3)
EDL 725 - Diversity, Access, and Equity in Education (Cr: 3)
EDL 739 - Culture and Change in School Organizations (Cr: 3)
EDL 760 - Student Development: History and Issues (Cr: 3

International Elective

Electives - 3 credits

Students must choose one from the following or EDL 711 DPLA Seminar:

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will:

Locate, analyze and synthesize existing research to address problems in the field that address questions of equity, ethics, and social justice to bring about solutions to complex problems of practice.
Prepares leaders who can construct and apply knowledge, theories and frameworks from education and related fields of inquiry to make a positive difference in the lives of individuals, families, organizations, and communities
Utilize social scientific research processes (Action Research) to develop and evaluate research
Emphasizes the generation, transformation, and use of professional knowledge and practice to communicate clearly with scholarly audiences and communities via written research, oral presentations, and in dialog with each other which integrates multiple perspectives.
Develops a professional knowledge base that integrates both practical and research knowledge, which links theory with systemic and systematic inquiry to affect change in educational contexts and the greater community.