Educational Leadership and Innovation (Policy/Admin), EdD
Join a cohort-based concentration where the policy and administration focus builds real collaboration, networking and professional learning. Grow within leader-scholar communities and lean on faculty mentorship that helps you thrive as an educational leader.
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STEM-OPT extension eligible: No
International students (F1), this program is not eligible for the STEM-OPT extension.
Accreditation
Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
ASU is not currently accepting applications for this program. Interested students should consider the Leadership and Innovation, EdD or the Educational Policy and Evaluation, PhD.
Degree description
Leadership and Innovation (Policy and Administration), EdD description
If you are a practicing educator-leader who wants to participate in creating better learning opportunities for students of all ages in a range of settings with the ultimate goal of transforming the practice of education, the Doctor of Education program in leadership and innovation is designed you.
The focus of the program is research in action. You conduct multiple studies throughout the program to learn by doing and to influence change based on scholarship applied in your workplace.
You begin the program already accomplished as a teacher, teacher leader, principal and superintendent, or edupreneur or higher education professional. Through your learning, you deepen your abilities to lead and innovate in educational organizations.
The program is not designed to prepare you for academic tenure-track positions.
The cohort-based program begins in summer with an introduction to doctoral studies and the formation of a professional learning community that draws on the strengths of all group members.
Required courses are team-taught by faculty and require you to conduct research in your workplace, laying the foundation for the culminating project: the action research study documented in the dissertation.
Leader-scholar communities, formed at the end of the first year and consisting of five to seven students and two faculty members, meet regularly for the second and third years of the program. You register for required research and dissertation hours as part of the LSC requirement.
Through these LSCs, you and your fellow studets support each other, under faculty guidance, in the conceptualization, implementation and study of change initiatives. You share your research at the end of each semester through roundtables, posters and symposia in a public research day.
The program enables you to be a thoughtful, intentional and informed leader who is willing and able to implement and study change. The program can make a difference in the way you think and work as a leader in education for the immediate and local benefit of school children, adult learners, your school or organization, the community and the world.
Successful graduates have made a commitment to continuing systematic study of their professional practice and making a positive difference in their local workplaces by putting their research in action.
Why specialize in policy and administration at ASU?
You can get involved through groups like the Leadership and Innovation Student Advisory Council, the Doctoral Council Teachers College, the Graduate and Professional Student Association, and Current Issues in Education, a student-run academic journal.
Curriculum
This graduate degree includes courses focused on a specialized topic, so you can advance your skills for further professional opportunities. Explore all courses below.
90 credit hours, a written comprehensive exam, an oral comprehensive exam, a prospectus and a dissertation (including a Master's degree and 60 credit hours post-Masters)
Required Core (15 credit hours)
Research Core (9 credit hours)
Advanced Professional Studies (15 credit hours)
Directed Field-Based Study (3 credit hours)
Participation in Leader-Scholar Communities (6 credit hours)
Dissertation (12 credit hours)
Admission requirements
Here are the admission and application details
All students are required to meet general university admission requirements.
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The concentration in policy and administration under the doctoral program in leadership and innovation is no longer accepting applications. Applicants should apply to the EdD in leadership and innovation rather than a specific concentration.
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Contact information
Use the contact information below to get in touch if you're a current student or have general questions.
Prospective students should fill out the Request for Information form.
Division for Advancing Education Policy, Practice
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ED 118
doctoraleducation@asu.edu
480-965-5555
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