The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate

Name of institution:

University of Central Florida

College of Education

Key Institutional Characteristics:

Traditional Programs:

3 doctoral programs with distinct missions

Foci:

Educational leadership

Pilot Project Description:

Leadership 2010

Purpose/Goals:

Key Characteristics:

• 6 semester program

   

• 2 courses per semester

   

Student profile:

• Cohort- 21 students

   

• Practicing administrators

   

Admissions:

Core Courses:

• Core courses

   

• Comprehensive exams

   

• Dissertation

   

Action steps:

Evaluation steps:

• Examining admissions criteria

   

• Examining quality of research dissertations & exploring alternative capstone experiences

   

• Design experiments to identify signature pedagogies
• Annual survey of alumni and employers

Progress toward design concepts:

Challenges: