The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate

Name of institution:

University of Houston

College of Education

Key Institutional Characteristics:

Urban university

Traditional Programs:

EdD in 2 depts (Special Ed in moratorium)

66 credit hours

Foci:

Professional Practice Doctorate - Ed leadership, Organizational Leadership & Teacher Education

Pilot Project Description:

• Collaborative, college-wide program
• 3 different PPDs
• Focus on needs of school districts and community colleges in Houston

   

• Infuse instructional and informational technology
• Extend and initiate partnerships with other institutions

Purpose/Goals:

• Serve dynamic demographic needs of urban community
• Interdepartmental shared vision of purpose of doctoral education
• Collaborate with local field-based educational sites
• List of capstone experiences for PPD
• Set of core courses

Key Characteristics:

3 depts: Curriculum & Instruction (CUIN), Educational Leadership & Cultural Studies (ELCS) and Educational Psychology

Student profile:

Admissions:

Core Courses:

Action steps:

• Needs assessment of educational community
• Monthly discussions
• Discussions of candidacy paper
• Analysis of current field-based experience
• Review of current core

Evaluation steps:

• Review number of students enrolled
• Average number of years to completion
• Completion rate
• Follow-up surveys

Progress toward design concepts:

• Working with local districts to define labs
• Inventory of outreach activities undertaken by faculty to begin to define scholarship of teaching

Challenges: