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Applications open on October 1, 2009 for the fall 2010 cohort.
Application Deadline for Early Admission is March 15, 2010.
Application Deadline for Regular Admission is May 1, 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Examinations

 

Students must all complete three levels of examinations:

 

  1. The qualifying examination includes a rigorous written assessment of student knowledge.

     

  2. Passage of the dissertation proposal examination constitutes formal approval for the candidate to proceed with the dissertation research as proposed, subject to approval as necessary of the Institutional Review Board.

     

  3. The final examination is an oral defense of the candidate’s dissertation.

 

 

Dissertation

 

During Years 2 and 3, the student’s dissertation research will normally focus on a significant professional problem or issue and have the potential to contribute—generally or in the context of a particular educational institution—to improvement of public P-12 or community college/postsecondary education.

 

Work in support of the dissertation is embedded throughout the Ed.D. curriculum. However, formal dissertation research is subject to passage of the dissertation proposal examination and human subjects approval by the Institutional Review Board. The dissertation must demonstrate a strong scholarly and professional foundation of knowledge on the part of the candidate and the ability to apply this knowledge to rigorous study of P-12 or community college/postsecondary education.