Doctoral Programs in Education
PREPARE FOR A TOP-TIER LEADERSHIP POSITION
Doctoral programs at the Hufstedler School of Education prepare graduates to be effective, creative educational leaders in their respective fields and provide a strong repertoire of knowledge and skills for a lifelong professional disposition. Candidates develop a multidisciplinary approach to problem solving so that they will become skillful in applying practical and theoretical knowledge.
WHAT MAKES OUR DOCTORATES SO UNIQUE?
We infuse its curricula with multicultural content, emphasizing:
- Student achievement
- Instructional technology
- Assessment
- Neuropsychology
- Mentoring of diverse populations
- Comprehensive community service
- Supportive cohort structure
EXPLORE OUR DOCTORAL PROGRAMS
Learn more about our doctoral program degrees and emphasis areas:
- Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Management
- Psy.D. in Educational Psychology
- Ed.D. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
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Learning Outcomes for Doctoral Programs
Coursework for Hufstedler School of Education doctoral programs assure candidate knowledge and leadership in the following competency areas:
- Ability to be a competent, confident, and conscientious education specialist who engenders personal growth, educational excellence, and professional empowerment
- Ability to provide leadership in the critical assessment, through research, practice, theoretical models, strategies, and technologies, of those factors that impact the facilitation of learning
- Ability to design learning and leadership programs within multicultural and global contexts
- Ability to apply lessons of history in relation to the planning and implementation of future educational reform and innovative change
- Ability to assess, develop and integrate theory with practice for quality assurance in educational environments
- Ability to improve the quality of an educational organization as a practitioner or as a member of the higher education academy

