DOCTORAL PROGRAM
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership
Program at a Glance:
Total Credit Hours: 54
Courses: 18
Recommended Completion Time: 45 Months
Northcentral University's Doctor of Education
(EdD) in Educational Leadership program is
designed to help you obtain the skills it takes to
identify problems, create solutions and enhance
learning environments. This program is for those
who have a master's degree and former
education-related experience. It is a practitioner
research degree designed to help you learn how
to ethically address complicated issues through
data-driven decision making. It is ideal for those
who wish to improve practices in a variety of
learning environments, including the PK-12
system, institutions of higher learning, military
and corporate learning environments.
The program covers a range of critical topics,
from classical and contemporary organizational
development to creating an organizational
leadership plan. You will examine the attitudes
and actions that support effective leadership and
evidence-based decision-making. Additionally,
we'll cover essential topics for research,
including qualitative data collection, analysis
methods and the principals of quantitative
research.
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