Educational Leadership - Doctor of Education

The innovative Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.) aims to achieve high levels of quality and relevance in the preparation of executive educational leaders. In addition, the program seeks to engage faculty and students in the broader Michigan community with the intention of working collaboratively toward effective schools, vital communities, and a re-invigorated state. It is a specialized program in advanced educational leadership practice and is tailored to the needs and interests of targeted students. The program has multiple goals: promoting continuous improvement of schools systems in order to best serve all students; guiding assessment of the politics and policy contexts of schooling; providing opportunities and training for civic engagement with professional and community partners in order to deliberate issues of mutual concern democratically; and engaging in rigorous collaborative research through implementation and evaluation of a creative community action project or through a project designed in consultation with a client organization.