The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate

Name of institution:

University of Connecticut

Neag School of Education

Key Institutional Characteristics:

Comprehensive, land grant institution

Traditional Programs:

218 doctoral students

67 faculty

Foci:

Educational Leadership

Pilot Project Description:

Revision of EdD in Educational Leadership

Purpose/Goals:

• Grounded in adult learning theory
• Develop program that will develop participants' proficiency in the analogical reasoning process

Key Characteristics:

3 phases, 6 yr program

Student profile:

• Cohort based
• 10 students

Admissions:

Recruit and admit students who are committed to cross-case analyses to propose recommendations for school reform

Core Courses:

• Case analysis
• Understanding educational research

Action steps:

• Spring 07 recruitment
• Fall 07 first cohort

Evaluation steps:

• Review of student completion, dissertation contribution to evidence-based recommendations
• Student performance
• Course reviews

Progress toward design concepts:

• Consumers of research orientation
• Case analysis on systematic school reform
• Capstone = cross-case analyses

Challenges: