Department Information

and
Typical Discipline-Specific Academic Degree and Qualifications1
of faculty within

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

 

 

General Description of the Department

The department offers programs and courses for students interested in working in a wide range of organizational, urban, multicultural, and international contexts of education and training. Academic preparation focuses on educational leadership, management, planning, design, evaluation, policy development and analysis, and instruction. In terms of the mission of the College, the Department is responsible for incorporation of educational foundations, multicultural, and/or general methodology studies into professional education programs. The Department is the primary source of the professional studies component.

The Department of Educational Leadership is substantially directed toward masters and doctoral level preparation, but also offers undergraduate certificate programs, and coordinates the undergraduate and graduate professional education, educational foundations courses, and core courses which are part of the required common preparation of teacher education.
The department’s faculty members, all with terminal degrees and substantial and diverse academic and practical experience, offer students a rich opportunity for study and general research in many of today’s most interesting and challenging areas of education.

 

Degrees offered

The Educational Leadership Department offers these programs: 

MS in Adult Education

MS in Educational Leadership

MS in Higher Education Administration

MS in Human Resource Development

MS in International/Intercultural Education

MS in Urban Education

Ed.S in Educational Leadership

Ed.D in Educational Administration and Supervision

Ed.D in Higher Education

Ph.D. in Adult Education and Human Resources Development

Ph.D. in Education Administration and Supervision

Ph.D. in Higher Education

 

Terminal Degree2 for each discipline taught in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Ed.D, Ph.D. in Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services

Ed.D, Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction

Ed.D, Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Administration

Ed.D, Ph.D. in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Ed.D, Ph.D. in International and Comparative Education

Ed. D, Ph.D. in Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies

Psy. D, Ph.D. in Psychology

Ed.D, Ph.D. in Trade and Industrial Teacher Education

 

Related Disciplines3

None Applicable

 

Related Discipline3 for specific courses

Education (13) – EDF 1005, 3251, 3430, 3521, 4634, 5255, 5443, 5517

Technical Teacher Education (13.1319) - EDA 6271

Other Teaching Qualifications (Description of Required Academic Degree and Justifications4 for the programs in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies)

Consideration of other teaching qualifications in lieu of academic credentials is made on a case-by-case basis and accepted in special cases where evidence of exceptional experience, research or other qualifications can be documented and are directly applicable to the course being taught. Special consideration will be given to maintenance of professional licensure and the continuing education courses necessary to maintain that license.  

 

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Whenever instructors are not credentialed by their advanced degree or by an approved CIP relationship, they must be credentialed through a narrative justification of the instructor’s qualifications to teach this/these course(s).  Such credentialing is based on the proposed instructor’s academic and professional preparation; diplomas, certificates, or relevant licensures; publications and presentations in the field; honors, awards, and professional recognitions; and other demonstrated competencies, skills, and experiences which the instructor brings to the University.  These must be clearly tied to the specific courses to be taught and should establish beyond doubt that the instructor is qualified to teach the specific courses they are to be assigned. 

The Office of the Provost reviews all such justifications and where the justifications warrant the instructor’s teaching the courses proposed, it will either approve the justification for the appropriate period (seven years for full-time faculty members, or four years for part-time faculty members) or employ one of two additional clearance categories beyond the advanced degree and related-discipline categories which it may use to credential some instructors where their accomplishments warrant this:

Active Research Clearance in the Discipline or Active Artistic/Special Talent Clearance in the Discipline

 

 

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The level and discipline of the terminal degree (e.g., Ph.D., MS, MFA, doctorate) that is required to teach graduate courses in the discipline

 

 

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For each discipline, all strongly-related degree(s) and/or equivalent names for the discipline (include level) that would also be appropriate for teaching at the graduate level

 

 

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(1)The appropriate academic degrees and justifications for each related degree above if not obvious; (2) the justification for why the terminal degree is not a doctorate in a discipline, e.g., specific examples of best practice in the discipline and accrediting association language; and (3) any other criteria used to determine appropriate academic qualifications to teach specialty courses in the program.