The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate

1.  Doctoral education produces leaders who make an impact in their local communities. 

2.  Doctoral education provides local leaders with tools and resources to help them (leaders) find solutions to specific problems.

3.  Doctoral education assumes that students are experts in their local communities.

4.  Doctoral education is embedded within the local community.

5.  Doctoral education has a curriculum that is multi-disciplinary and student-driven.