The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate

Name of institution:

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

College of Education and Human Sciences

Key Institutional Characteristics:

• Land-grant institution
• Only public campus
• Faculty support for redesign of EdD & PhD
• Recently initiated Professor of Practice position
• Campus-wide engagement & on-going reflection on mission

Traditional Programs:

• Ed Admin: on-line & classroom courses; 17 faculty
• Teaching, Learning & Teacher Ed: 24 faculty

Foci:

Ed Administration & Teacher Education

Pilot Project Description:

• Two departments participating: Educational Administration (EDAD) & Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education (TLTE)

Purpose/Goals:

• TLTE: create a new program that incorporates design concepts,

Key Characteristics:

• TLTE: faculty mentors, on-line learning, forums for student presentations,

Student profile:

Admissions:

Core Courses:

• TLTE: Doctoral seminar, Professional seminars, research methodology for practitioner inquiry

Action steps:

• Focus groups in each department
• Focus on desired skills, Coursework & requirements, scholarly activities, orientation of each degree, definition of applied scholarship, research agendas, document & analyze innovations, trends
• Student representatives

   

• Design core doctoral seminar

Evaluation steps:

• Design student feedback questionnaire
• Faculty evaluators

Progress toward design concepts:

• TLTE: themes=integrity, mentorship and research project involvement
• Purposeful involvement in research projects
• Digital portfolios that document student progress
• Arts of the practical-cross-disciplinary connections

Challenges: