Degree
Education, Ed.D.Contact
Anne Harrington, Ph.D.
Director, Graduate Programs in Education
aharrington12@une.edu
Program Description
The 51°µÍø Doctor of Education program is designed to prepare professionals from a variety of fields to develop or enhance their leadership skills and knowledge. Leadership, ethical decision-making, and dissertation preparation are explored with a solid grounding in the theoretical underpinnings of education as a discipline. Graduates of the Ed.D. program become experts in their unique areas of research through the dissertation process.
This program requires completion of fifty-one (51) credits. The program (including dissertation) will be completed entirely online with no residency requirement.
Program Goals
- Provide candidates with a student-centered interdisciplinary program that emphasizes scholarly research of publishable quality and the development of a theoretical framework related to their area of interest and professional goals.
- Examine and bridge the gap between educational theory and its connection to leadership theory, philosophical theory, and scientific theory.
- Afford students the opportunity to be actively engaged in the topic selection and construction of the dissertation throughout the program under the direction of experienced faculty and a carefully selected dissertation committee.
- Promote the use of technology that is educationally effective and academically rigorous.
- Prepare professionals who are future-focused and capable of fostering innovation and change.
Curricular Requirements
| Program Required Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| EDU 801 — Preparation for the Doctoral Journey | 3 |
| EDU 802 — Qualitative Research Design | 3 |
| EDU 803 — Quantitative and Mixed Methods Research Design | 3 |
| EDU 804 — Leading in a Culture of Technology* | 3 |
| EDU 805 — Understanding Change Management in Organizations* | 3 |
| EDU 806 — Policy Analysis* | 3 |
| EDU 807 — Constructing the Literature Review | 3 |
| EDU 810 — Ethical Decision Making | 3 |
| EDU 811 — Organizational Dynamics* | 3 |
| EDU 812 — Proposal Capstone I | 3 |
| EDU 813 — Proposal Capstone II | 3 |
| EDU 814 — Dissertation Completion Phase I | 3 |
| EDU 815 — Dissertation Completion Phase II | 3 |
| EDU 816 — Dissertation Completion Phase III | 3 |
| EDU 817 — Dissertation Completion Phase IV | 3 |
| EDU 830 — Educational Theory and Best Practices Across Disciplines | 3 |
| EDU 831 — Conceptual and Theoretical Framework | 3 |
| Minimum Total Required Credits | 51 |
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*Please see the transfer credit policy below regarding these four (4) courses specifically.
Academic Policy
Minimal Grade Standard and Academic Progress
Candidates may proceed to subsequent courses in the curriculum with one (1) Low Pass (LP) grade. A second LP (or below) course grade may result in termination from the doctoral program. For those needing to report course completion status to employers, a Pass equates to a B or better.
Program Progression
The 51°µÍø Doctor of Education program is designed for students to earn their doctorate by completing fifty-one (51) credits. Those individuals who do not complete the program within this timeframe are afforded the opportunity to continue work on their dissertation by enrolling in a series of one (1)-credit continuation courses that provide continued access to faculty and the full resources of the university provided to all enrolled students and doctoral candidates. This enrollment keeps students in active status and on the path to graduation, increasing the likelihood they will complete the Ed.D. program within the mandatory five (5)-year period.
Students in need of additional coursework to progress into EDU 814-EDU 817 (Dissertation Completion Courses) and EDU 818-EDU 823 (Dissertation Continuation Courses) may be advised to take EDU 850 — Dissertation Apprenticeship or EDU 851 — Dissertation Apprenticeship II. The program will assign a Dissertation Chair to students who have met the minimum program requirements for manuscript chapters 1, 2, and 3. Students may take EDU 850 and EDU 851 only once.
Students who do not complete the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) program may choose to transfer 800-level course work successfully completed in the Doctor of Education program to the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS) program. At the discretion of the program, students may be awarded a CAGS if they have successfully completed thirty (30) credits or more of 800-level courses within the Doctor of Education Program (Ed.D.) program.
With approval from the program, matriculated students in the Doctor of Education program (Ed.D.) may take up to twelve (12) credits of interprofessional course work offered within the College of Professional Studies, including approved courses within the Master of Education (MSEd) and CAGS programs, to replace elective courses.
Timeline for Completion
A student who has not completed the Doctor of Education program within five (5) years will be administratively withdrawn from the program and required to apply for readmission.
To participate in the May hooding and commencement ceremonies, a doctoral student must complete fifty-one (51) credits, defend their dissertation, and have all of their required documents uploaded to the Learning Management System (LMS) no later than the Monday before the end of the Spring B session that precedes the ceremonies.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Students taking online graduate courses through the College of Professional Studies will be administratively dropped for non-participation if a graded assignment/discussion post is not submitted before Sunday at 11:59 p.m. ET of the first week of the A term and B term and Friday at 11:59 pm ET of the second week of the AB term. Reinstatement is at the purview of the Dean’s Office.
Leave of Absence (Academic Stop Out)
Students may stop out of their program for up to two (2) semesters. Students need to coordinate stop-outs in advance with their assigned Enrollment and Retention Counselor, and stop-out time is considered part of the time allotted to complete the academic program. Application for readmission is not necessary if the student returns as planned. However, the student who does not return at the specified time or who exceeds two (2) semesters of stop out will be administratively withdrawn and will be subject to readmission procedures. Readmitted students are subject to the re-admittance term’s catalog (this may mean that policies and/or program requirements have been changed or been updated since previous a