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Doctor of Education in Leadership
This program is designed for passionate educators who are committed to social justice. It has been structured to allow professionals to complete an academically challenging terminal degree while maintaining full-time employment.
The Ed.D. program consists of 60 semester hours. Up to 14 hours of post-master's work can be applied toward this total at the time of admission. Students who do not have 14 semester hours of post-master's coursework to transfer must meet with the Ed.D. program director to plan a course of study to be completed prior to admission into the doctoral program.
The coursework portion of the 46-semester-hour cohort program takes two summers and four semesters (two calendar years) to be completed. During their two years of coursework, students are guided in the preparation of a dissertation proposal focused on an issue of practice relevant to the promotion of social justice or equity. Most students complete and defend their dissertations by the end of the third year.
Doctoral students planning to use the program to meet requirements for the Continuing Administrator License must also apply and be admitted into the Continuing Administrator License Program, with approval of an advisor.
Degree Requirements
Completion and defense of a dissertation
60 semester hours (up to 14 hours may be transferred), 46 of which should be distributed as follows:
Required Degree Courses
EDLL 701 Foundations and History of Leadership, 2 semester hours
EDLL 702 Introduction to Personal and Organizational Leadership, 2 semester hours
EDLL 704 Leading Change Through Cultural Competence, 2 semester hours
EDLL 705 Seminar in System Concepts and Leadership, 3 semester hours
EDLL 706A Seminar in Action Research I, 1 semester hour
EDLL 706B Seminar in Action Research II, 1 semester hour
EDLL 708 Ethics and Leadership for Social Justice, 2 semester hours
EDLL 717 Courage in Leadership, 3 semester hours
EDLL 725 Leadership in Changing Society, 2 semester hours
EDLL 726 Professional Writing Seminar, 1 semester hour
EDLL 727 Focused Literature Research, 1 semester hours
EDLL 728 Conceptual Framework/Problem Articulation, 2 semester hours
EDLL 729A Dissertation Proposal Seminar, 2 semester hour
EDLL 729B Dissertation Proposal Preparation, 1 semester hours
EDLL 730 Advancement Project, 1 semester hour
EDLL 731 Public Policy: Creation and Implementation, 2 semester hours
EDLL 732A Contemporary Approaches to Social Science Research I, 1 semester hour
EDLL 732B Contemporary Approaches to Social Science Research II, 1 semester hour
EDLL 741A Action Research: Qualitative Methods, 2 semester hours
EDLL 741B Action Research: Quantitative Methods, 2 semester hours
EDLL 750 Doctoral Dissertation, 12 semester hours
EDLL 701 - Foundations and History of Leadership
In 1837, Horace Mann said, "A nation could not long remain ignorant and free." Mann argued for universal public education, supported by tax funds. The major questions of the day: Who is to be educated? Who will teach them? What will they learn? These have since been answered many times over; in the 21st century we are raising those questions again. Explore how leadership, organization, and ethical and political issues relate to those three fundamental questions.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credit: 2 semester hours.
EDLL 702 - Introduction to Personal and Organizational Leadership
Introduction to advanced personal and organizational leadership concepts. Emphasis on assessing individual leadership skills and learning styles. Content will include skills to develop culturally proficient leadership.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credit: 2 semester hours.
EDLL 704 - Leading Change Through Cultural Competence
Offers leaders help developing strategies to lead their schools in the development of cultural proficiency. Explores how policies and practices can enable staff, students, and families to interact effectively in a culturally diverse environment. Discussion of how a lack of cultural competence impedes teaching and learning in many of today's schools. Participants will learn how to analyze their values, beliefs, and behavior in this context and will reflect on their own cultural competence.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or permission of the program director.
Credit: 2 semester hours.
EDLL 705 - Seminar in Systems Concepts and Leadership
In-depth investigation of systems and systems thinking as a conceptual framework for understanding organizational phenomena. Learn, practice, and use advanced leadership skills to achieve desired organizational priorities.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
EDLL 706A - Seminar in Action Research I
Introduction to the principles of action research. Includes history and theory of a variety of research approaches. Explores the role of participant observer as well as the action research cycle of planning, action, evaluation, and renewed planning. Participants will begin exploring researchable issues related to their dissertation topics.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credit: 1 semester hour.
EDLL 706B - Seminar in Action Research II
Introduction to the principles of action research. Includes history and theory of a variety of research approaches. Explores the role of participant observer as well as the action research cycle of planning, action, evaluation, and renewed planning. Participants will begin exploring researchable issues related to their dissertation topics.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credit: 1 semester hour.
EDLL 708 - Ethics and Leadership for Social Justice
Leaders face challenges when implementing policies and procedures regarding diversity, equity, and social justice. Explore ethical issues dealing with leadership, governance, and policy development pertaining to public institutions.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credit: 2 semester hours.
EDLL 717 - Courage in Leadership
Offers a context for exploring the dilemmas we all experience in our work. Each seminar participant will be responsible for investigating a particular issue in his or her administrative work life and preparing a verbal case study and a four- to six-page overview. Learn how to ask honest, open questions, as well as how to be totally attentive to presenters. Each participant will be responsible for core readings as well as specific books focused on his or her area of question and concern. Enrollment limited to 20.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credit: 1 semester hour (three terms of 1 credit each required for Ed.D. students).
EDLL 725 - Leadership in a Changing Society: Alternative Perspectives
Advanced seminar exploring the dynamics of change through the application of organizational leadership. Investigate through literature review, lectures, panel presentations, and discussions the lessons of historical and contemporary leaders. Apply leadership concepts from varied disciplines such as anthropology, history, economics, and philosophy.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credit: 2 semester hours.
EDLL 726 - Professional Writing Seminar
Invites students to see writing as a process, develop a variety of styles of writing, and understand the power of narrative to engage readers. Gain an awareness of the role of personal voice in professional writing. Participants are encouraged to write as a habit rather than as a requirement; to use honed writing, speaking, and listening skills on a regular basis; and to use writing as a means of research. Covers practical applications to issues of leadership.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credit: 1 semester hour.
EDLL 727 - Focused Literature Research
This seminar is designed to prepare students to develop a critical review of pertinent academic literature focused on the problem/problems that will be addressed in their dissertation research. The seminar will provide instruction and support with the processes and techniques for scholarly discussion of controversial literature and students will receive feedback on academic writing from the course instructor. Additionally, each student will work with a Lewis & Clark faculty member serving as a "content advisor" who will direct them to and assist them with interpreting literature pertaining to their problem area.
Prerequisite: EDLL 726.
Credit: 1 semester hour.
EDLL 728 - Conceptual Framework/Problem Articulation
Development of the dissertation proposal. Participants will define the purpose of their research, area of investigation, and focus of their study; fully develop the rationale underlying their proposal and the background/context of their study; analyze and/or summarize relevant literature to support the logic for and background of their study; and identify useful research methodologies.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or permission of advisor.
Credit: 2 semester hours.
EDLL 729A - Dissertation Proposal Seminar
Direct instruction on the process for developing a doctoral dissertation. Students will learn the acceptable formats, techniques, and approaches necessary for producing a defensible doctoral dissertation as well as the purpose and process of applying for permission to conduct studies involving human subjects.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or permission of program director.
Credit: 2 semester hours.
EDLL 729B - Dissertation Proposal Preparation
Direct instruction on the process for developing a doctoral dissertation. Students will learn the acceptable formats, techniques, and approaches necessary for producing a defensible doctoral dissertation as well as the purpose and process of applying for permission to conduct studies involving human subjects.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or permission of program director.
Credit: 1 semester hour.
EDLL 730 - Advancement Project
Prepares participants for advancement to candidacy. To meet the requirements for advancement, participants will produce an exhibition that contains a discussion integrating the material learned in the first two years of the Ed.D. program. The exhibition will include a discussion of the significance of the material and a demonstration of the participant's understanding of the theory and research supporting the content studied. Participants may select from a variety of vehicles for their project.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or permission of the program director.
Credit: 1 semester hour.
EDLL 731 - Public Policy: Creation and Implementation
Analyzes the process for creating public policy, examines the intended and unintended outcomes of policy development, and assists participants in increasing their understanding of the political arena in which policy is developed. Students will examine successful and unsuccessful policy initiatives in order to develop effective methods for planning and leading change initiatives in organizations.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or permission of the program director.
Credit: 2 semester hours.
EDLL 732A - Contemporary Approaches to Social Science Research I
Seminar designed to acquaint doctoral candidates with the scholarly interests of those faculty members who may later serve as chairs for their dissertation committees. Candidates will read works by faculty, who will then lead discussions regarding their research and scholarship as it pertains to the development and exercise of leadership. Provides participants with an overview of different faculty perspectives on leadership.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or permission of the program director.
Credit: 1 semester hour.
EDLL 732B - Contemporary Approaches to Social Science Research II
Seminar designed to acquaint doctoral candidates with the scholarly interests of those faculty members who may later serve as chairs for their dissertation committees. Candidates will read works by faculty, who will then lead discussions regarding their research and scholarship as it pertains to the development and exercise of leadership. Provides participants with an overview of different faculty perspectives on leadership.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or permission of the program director.
Credit: 1 semester hour.
EDLL 741A - Action Research: Qualitative Methods
Review of research methodologies necessary to complete a dissertation project. Designed to enable participants to become conversant with appropriate qualitative methodologies, particularly as they relate to action research and leadership. Candidates will gain the skills needed to assess the relevance of published literature to their own research.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or permission of program director.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
EDLL 741B - Action Research: Quantitative Methods
Review of research methodologies necessary to complete a dissertation project. Designed to enable participants to become conversant with appropriate quantitative methodologies, particularly as they relate to action research and leadership. Candidates will gain the skills needed to assess the relevance of published literature to their own research.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program or permission of program director.
Credit: 2 semester hours.
EDLL 750 - Doctoral Dissertation
Completion of dissertation research under the direction of the chair of the candidate's dissertation committee. Candidates must be enrolled in this course during the term in which they defend their dissertations, and must complete at least 12 semester hours before defending their dissertations. Grade will be considered incomplete until the candidate has successfully defended his or her dissertation.
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program, advancement to candidacy, and successful defense of a dissertation proposal.
Credit: 12 semester hours.