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Policy Studies (EdD)

Major: Leadership and Policy Studies
Concentration: Policy Studies
Degree: EdD
Forms: Doctoral Degree Information

The Leadership and Policy Studies Doctor of Education (EdD) degree with a concentration in Policy Studies is designed to provide a program for the educator-practitioner in either a school or non-school setting, whose academic interests are aimed at specific career goals and needs.

Employment Opportunities

It offers opportunities for advanced professional specialization and includes a dissertation. Program objectives are: (1) a strong knowledge base in policy formulation and interpretation, and (2) the development of skills and dispositions for leadership positions in organizations with educational emphases. Students achieving this degree could be employed by school districts as administrators, educational researchers, and policy analysts. They could also serve in an educational responsibility in a military, medical, business, governmental, or non-profit organizational setting.