Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Management

Global forces, emerging technologies, and federal mandates are just a few of the challenges that are transforming education entities into increasingly complex organizations that require exceptional leadership.

Drexel University's Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Management stands alone as a rigorous, accelerated part-time doctoral program that produces leaders with the skills and knowledge to create educational reform.

The Ed.D. offers an elite professional practitioner's degree in a blended delivery format that combines on-campus classes and transcontinental, online education. Cohorts of 20 students study together through executive-style weekend classes and online coursework at Drexel's three locations in Philadelphia, Pa.; Harrisburg, Pa.; and at the University's Graduate Center in Sacramento, Ca. Interdisciplinary coursework is created by a partnership between the MBA program at Drexel's LeBow College of Business and the university's top-ranked School of Education resulting in a comprehensive program of applied learning. Through collaborative discourse, action research, and the latest learning technologies, students acquire a facility in finance, leadership, management, creativity, and strategic thinking within the context of their individual education entity, university, and state.

The Ed.D. is a singular program based on the Drexel philosophy that theory springs from practice. Students are encouraged to challenge their own thinking within a group and venture beyond problem solving to a unique model of individual leadership that will become a lifelong pattern of professional communication and growth.

Students may choose from the following concentrations:

• Educational Administration
• Educational Policy
• Higher Education
• Human Resource Development
• Special Education Leadership
• Athletic Administration

Upon completion of their studies, Ed.D. graduates possess the following leadership skills:

• An ability to create and support communities that are bases for sustainable change
• Develop the habits of mind and competencies to lead complex organizations, shaped by global forces
• Develop the abilities to sustain their own leadership growth
• Utilize the full range of emerging technologies to reach across generations and communicate effectively as well as engage others in meaningful change
• Exemplify the curiosity, inquiry skills, and scholarly competencies need to investigate an idea and transform it into meaningful action

Within the comparative field of part-time doctorate study, Drexel's Ed.D. offers an unrivalled path to career advancement. It is ideal for principals, school superintendents, K-12 and higher education administrators, and directors as well as community-based, educational organizers who have already completed a master's degree and seek an academic credential from one of the nation's leading providers of education.

*The specialized coursework in Educational Administration can fulfill the requirements for Pennsylvania Superintendent Letter of Eligibility.

More information on the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Management is available on the Doctoral Programs website.