The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate

Name of institution:

University of Southern California

The Rossier School of Education

Key Institutional Characteristics:

5 year process of designing and implementing innovative EdD program

Faculty council partnership with Dean

Traditional Programs:

Foci:

• Four EdD programs in:K-12 Leadership in Urban School Settings
• Teacher education in multicultural societies
• Educational psychology
• Higher education admin/Community college leadership

Pilot Project Description:

• 3 year program
• 43 units of coursework
• Students must enter with MA
• Thematic dissertations

28 Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty

+ 27 Clinical/Non Tenure Track faculty

55 Total Full-Time Faculty Members

Average size of entering EdD class= approx. 150 students

Purpose/Goals:

Development of a world-class professional doctorate for leaders in Urban education

Key Characteristics:

• Cohort delivery model
• Faculty collaborative planning
• Regional collaboration and impact

Student profile:

Cohorts, full-time professionals, must have MA

Core Courses:

• EDUC 524: Challenges in Urban Education: Leadership
• EDUC 522: Challenges in Urban Education: Accountability
• EDUC 523: Challenges in Urban Education: Diversity
• EDUC 525: Challenges in Urban Education: Learning

Action steps:

• Strategies for enhancing current program:Faculty collaborative planning
• Sustained program development
• Regional collaboration and impact
• National collaboration and participation

Evaluation steps:

• Review of core curriculum
• Address capstone design
• Address program size
• Review effectiveness of concentrations

Progress toward design concepts:

• Capstone: thematic dissertation
• Core curriculum
• Gap analysis model

Challenges: