The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate

Name of institution:

Rutgers University

Graduate School of Education

Key Institutional Characteristics:

• Study of education started in 1893
• EdD has been the primary research degree since it was the first doctoral degree at Rutgers

   

• Faculty support revising doctoral education

Traditional Programs:

• EdD started in 1931
• 174 EdD students, 17% full-time, 17% minority
• PhD 8 years old, research apprentice degree
• 74 PhD students

Foci:

Teacher education

Pilot Project Description:

Redesign current EdD program as well as Phd program

First EdD cohort to be admitted 2010

Purpose/Goals:

Redesign current program

Definition of skills for teacher leaders, school leaders & teacher educators

Key Characteristics:

Student profile:

School and district leaders, teacher educators, university administrators

Admissions:

Core Courses:

Action steps:

• 2006 Faculty retreat on doctoral education, hosted by Dean, based on Shulman et al (2006)
• Create advisory board of teacher and school leaders
• Conduct retreat
• Develop plan of action for redesign of EdD
• Create committees around design concepts

Evaluation steps:

• Monitor desirability of degrees-- # applicants, quality of applicants, number admitted/coming
• Conduct student surveys
• Monitor quality of student work
• Survey employers

Progress toward design concepts:

• Considering in-school experiences
• Faculty researching pedagogical approaches to scholarship of teaching
• Creating collaborative, scholarly communities

Challenges: