The Ed.D. degree is designed for those whose immediate career goal is to be an educational administration practitioner, such as a school leader within any public or private K-16 institution. The focus of the Ed.D. treatise is on problems of practice, addressing a specific problem or program in a given context and examining a particular issue raised in any educational institution. It could also be aimed at the evaluation of a specific program in any educational institution.
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The committee for the Ed.D. treatise must be comprised of four individuals. The chair of the committee must be a faculty with GSC status in the Department. The second and third committee members must be a faculty member and/or a senior lecturer with GSC status in the Department. The fourth committee member will be an individual with practical experience directly related to the proposed treatise, who holds a doctorate degree, and who is not a member of the student’s GSC. The fourth member, if external to the University, will need to submit a curriculum vitae indicating their willingness to serve on the treatise committee. You can find a list of faculty members with GSC membership at this link: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/ogs/auth/gsc/nlogon/gsc_members/. Please search “Educational Leadership and Policy” (ELP), “all roles”, click enter to view the full GSC roster for the ELP Department. It is the responsibility of the student to secure a faculty supervisor and committee that meets the requirements of the Graduate School.
The process for completing the Ed.D treatise is fourfold:
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