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Doctor of Education
The Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree is recommended for postsecondary leaders
who administer within a college or university.
- Candidates accepted into this program first take a Doctoral Prerequisite Series
of courses.
- They immediately continue on to complete their Doctor of Education degree.
Program format:
- The Ed.D. is a 63 credit hour program and includes qualifying exams and a
dissertation
- The program is taught face-to-face at selected CMU Global Campus Centers
- Graduate Records Examination (GRE) score is
required
Designed for upper-level administrators at the higher education level:
- College and university administrators
- Department Chairpersons
- Deans
- Provosts
- Budget Officers
- Presidents
This degree progression is currently offered at our Livonia Center.
Applicants with an earned Ed.S. degree from an accredited university may be able
to join the program after the cohort has completed the cycle of Doctoral
Prerequisite Courses.
Admission
Requirements
- An earned master’s degree from an accredited university with a minimum GPA
of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale
- Three years of professional educational experience
A completed application packet for the Ed.D. degree program must include:
- A completed CMU Global Campus graduate application
- Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate
- $50.00 application fee
- A completed Portfolio containing:
- A current résumé detailing professional educational experience.
- Graduate Record Exam (GRE) or Miller Analogy Test (MAT) scores no
more than 5 years old.
- A short essay describing the relationship between the
applicant’s professional goals and the Ed.D. program.
- A description of a professional problem the applicant has
encountered and an analysis of the resolution of that problem.
- Three letters of recommendation (dated and on letterhead) that attest to the
applicant’s ability to succeed in the program. An interview may also be required
of applicants in the Ed.D. program.
Program Requirements
Progress through the program is based on obtaining satisfactory grades ( a 3.25
GPA overall), passing written and oral comprehensive exams, and completing a
doctoral dissertation.
Doctoral Prerequisite Series
Concentration (12 credit hours)
- EDL 636 Higher Education Law
- EDL 676 Administration of
Community Colleges
- EDL 765 Organizational Change in
Educational Institutions
- EDL 876 Higher Education Policy
Cognate (9 credit hours)
- EDL 763 Academic Profession
- EDL 764 Financing Higher Education
- EDL 778 Contemporary Issues in
Higher Education
Internship (3 credit hours)
Doctoral Requirements
Research Requirements (9 credit hours)
- EDL 700 Advanced Administrative
Research
- EDL 800 Qualitative Analysis in
Educational Leadership
- EDL 801 Quantitative Analysis in
Educational Leadership
Academic Core (15 credit hours)
- EDL 815 Ethical Leadership
- EDL 855 Organizational Culture and
Change in Educational Institutions
- EDL 860 Organizational Theory in
Educational Institutions
- EDL 899 Doctoral Seminar (6 credit
hours)
Dissertation (15 credit hours)
- EDL 897 Dissertation Proposal
Writing
- EDL 898 Dissertation (12 credit
hours)
Qualifying Exams
Students will be expected to take written qualifying exams upon the completion
of their academic core courses. Comprehensive review of all program materials is
completed with the successful defense of the student’s dissertation proposal. At
this point, students are advanced to candidacy.
Dissertation
The student will complete three steps in the dissertation process:
- The proposal review in which there is a formal defense of the
dissertation proposal;
- Conduct the research, analyze the results, and write the final
document;
- An oral defense of the dissertation.
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