Overview
Fully Online/Accelerated Term Format
- Major: Educational Practice and Innovation
- Degree: Doctor of Education
- School/College: Education
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Concentrations in Curriculum Studies, Learning Design and Technologies, and STEM:
Fall, Spring, and Summer start dates available
Deadlines
Fall Application Deadline: April 15
Spring Application Deadline: November 1
Summer Application Deadline: February 15
Concentration in Education Systems Improvement:
New cohorts begin once per year in the Fall semester
Deadlines
Fall Application Deadline: April 15
Required Documents
- Official Transcripts
- 2 Letters of Recommendation – Submit 2 letters of recommendation from people who can speak to your ability to matriculate into this doctoral program and complete a dissertation.
- Personal Statement - Describe how the Ed.D. in Educational Practice and Innovation
and your selected area of concentration is a good fit for you. The statement should
include:
- specific details describing how this program is a good fit for you
- how the program supports your professional goals
- an identified Problem of Practice for the Dissertation in Practice and what led you to believe this is a problem in your work.
- any evidence of research methods, including action research, expertise.
- For those applying to the Education Systems Improvement concentration, in addition
to all of the above, you should also include in your personal statement:
- your potential to positively impact social justice and equity outcomes
- your high propensity for and/or experience with producing innovation (however you define it)
- your leadership experience
- CV or Resume
- Recent Scholarly Writing Sample (e.g., graduate level paper from previous coursework or publication) with applicant as sole author and using American Psychological Association (APA) citations and references