Education (EdD) — The Programs

UMass Boston’s EdD Program in Education is housed in the Graduate College of Education’s Department of Leadership in Education. The EdD Program has tracks in Higher Education Administration and in Leadership in Urban Schools. Both link research and leadership issues to the needs and experiences of practitioners. The former prepares students for positions of leadership in higher education, the latter for positions of leadership in urban elementary and secondary schools. Both are highly interdisciplinary, using a variety of perspectives to approach urban and higher education. Both seek applicants who can demonstrate:

• a distinguished record of accomplishments in the field of education, particularly through reform initiatives;
• a sustained interest in the culture, structure and operation of educational institutions, in new approaches to administration and policy development and in the nature and purpose of learning and teaching;
• the potential for academic success, especially in analytic writing and basic research skills;
• a desire to provide leadership for change in educational institutions;
• personal commitment to completing the program in a timely manner.