EdDEdD PhDPhD
Dr. Angus MacNeilDr. Robert HoustonDr. Allen WarnerDr. Melissa Pierson
October 6, 2010
The University of Houston The University of Houston
College of EducationCollege of EducationExecutive Ed.D. ProgramExecutive Ed.D. ProgramPresented to the Carnegie Project on the Presented to the Carnegie Project on the Education DoctorateEducation Doctorate
Why an Executive Ed.D?
• Our Charge: to look at a range of new doctoral program possibilities• Our Initial Goals:
Urban educationInnovativeRigorousDesigned to improve education today and
tomorrow
Members of the Task Force
•Dick Abrahamson, CUIN•Pat Holland, ELCS•Dov Liberman, EPSY•Norma Olvera, HHP•Melissa Pierson, CUIN•Dennis Smith, HHP•Cam White, CUIN•Bob Houston, CUIN, Chair•Fatima Begum, Grad Researcher
Chronicle of Task Force Activities• November 2007• Task Force meetings: 11/13, 20, 27• Review of 9 Ed.D. and 7 Ph.D. Programs
• December 2007• Task Force meetings: 12/5, 11
• January 2008• Task Force meetings: : 1/9, 10, 11, 15, 22, 29• Targeted Presentations• CUIN 1/24/08• HHP: 1/28/08• ELCS: 1/30/08• EPSY: 1/31/08
• Assistant Professors mtg.: 1/30/08
Chronicle of Task Force Activities• February 2008• Task Force meetings: 2/5, 12, 19• FEC College Faculty Meeting, 2/28/08
• April 2008• Task Force meetings: 4/1• Superintendent Breakfast: 4/16/08
• Summer 2008:• Task Force meetings: 6/3, 7/7, 7/14, 8/6• Faculty teams develop new courses and program
elements; • Open Hearings with Faculty• Task Force meeting with Deans: 8/7• Presentation to CUIN department retreat: 8/11
Chronicle of Task Force Activities• September 2008• Surveyed 172 current Masters degree
students• November 2008: • Final Proposal submitted to department
Graduate Studies Committee; • Final Proposal presented to Department;
UH Students
Teachers, School Administrators, Government and Medical Professionals
Existing Ed.D. Degreesin the College
Result
Preparation for Practice & Academia
Practice Academia/Research
Proposed Ed.D.
ProposedPh.D.
Result
Preparation forPractice
Result
Preparation for Higher Ed.
Figure 1. Existing Ed.D. Degrees Compared to the Two Proposed Doctoral Degrees
Curriculum and InstructionEducational Leadership
Allied Health Education and AdministrationSpecial Education
Instructional SpecialistEducational Leadership
Urban Education
Vision for Ed.D.Vision for Ed.D.
Specialization (Broad Areas) 15-18
Minor, Cognate, Supporting Courses Minor, Cognate, Supporting Courses 9
Research (Inquiry/problem solving/critical thinking; Qualitative/quantitative)
6
Core (Seminal ideas in education; Cultural/Social/and Historical Foundations; Child and Adult Learning and Development)
9
Laboratory of Practice (Study in teams of pervasive problems in education)
6
Doctoral Thesis (Grow out of Laboratory of Practice) 6
Total Hours 51-54
Considerations
• Broad inclusion• Types of students to attract• Nature of research courses• Development of new courses• Tailoring of existing courses
• Investigation of “non-substantive change to existing degree”
Considerations
• Attention to detail• Admissions criteria/procedures• Residency requirements• Qualifying/candidacy experiences
• Course management: Two-year cycle, course sharing• Innovative course delivery (weekend, web-
based, hybrid)
Advanced Program Features
• Laboratory of Practice• immerses Ed.D. candidates in a real-world
education-related problem of significance to a Houston-area school, non-profit, or other related organization.
• Doctoral Thesis• an in-depth, comprehensive, reflective study
of a substantive problem of practice; requires the ability to engage in systematic inquiry about practitioner problems in educational settings.
Forces and Interestsfaculty
executive committee
faculty from 4
departments
current and former
students
Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board
university requiremen
ts
district superintendent
s
market
forces
deans
Doctoral Task Force