The Doctor of Education (Ed. D.) degree with the Leadership and Policy Studies major and 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. They would qualify for employment by institutions of higher education in administrative positions and for broad public service areas.