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. Accordingly, it should address a specific problem or program in a given context. Thus it could examine 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. First, a student will defend a proposal consisting of the first three chapters (complete description of the project) before the treatise committee, with all the members in attendance for this defense. Second, upon approval of the project, the student must complete the advancement to doctoral candidacy application process, including a one-page description of the proposal and the IRB application. Third, upon successful advancement, the student would conduct the research activities under the guidance of the treatise chair and committee. Fourth, the student will defend the completed treatise before the committee, with all members in attendance for this defense. After successfully defending and satisfactorily completing any required revisions, the student would earn the Ed.D.