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

Approval and Implementation

• Approved by • Faculty Executive Committee• Entire faculty• Graduate and Professional Studies

Committees (department and college)• Provost

• Returned to College for Implementation