Program Overview
The Doctor of Education in Organization Leadership, Culture, and Change (Ed.D.) Degree is an online doctoral degree program. The degree enables a broad spectrum of organizational professionals; executives, administrators, training and development managers, and consultants in industry, military, higher education, and entrepreneurial enterprises to advance in their careers.
Discover how an Ed.D. in Organization Leadership, Culture, and Change can enable you to Lead, Achieve, and Transform your career and organizations. View the Degree Program Profile Sheet here.
Program Highlights:
- Personalized Instructional Delivery: Cohort-based, adult-centric and seminar-oriented within a fully distance learning environment working with course mentors.
- Concierge Student Engagement and Service Model: Provides responsive and comprehensive academic and operational support throughout the doctoral program.
- Unique Curriculum Design: Scholar-practitioner, interdisciplinary curriculum comprised of five Content Domains:
- Inquiry Systems and Models: Critical Thought and Action in Global Leadership, Culture and Change
- Integrated Orientations: Leadership, Culture and Change
- Area of Study
- Research Methods/Teaching and Consultative Professional Practice
- Scholar-Practitioner Field Project
- Scholar-Practitioner Field Project: The degree culminates in a mentor-guided academic and professionally focused field research project applying course learning to your industry or field of interest. This project can result in a publication or conference presentation.
- One Area of Study Course: Organizational Leadership, Human Resource Management, Law, Ethics and Global Society, or Quantitative Research Methods.
- New Cohort Orientation, Research Symposium and Social Networking Event, On-site and Virtual: Incoming cohort members participate in a comprehensive orientation introducing students to key dimensions of the university and school of business and management, including, but not limited to; degree program, mentoring, performance expectations, and offer best practices associated with time-management, critical thinking, academic writing, and research. The event includes Ed.D. and DBA degree current students, alumni, mentors, and staff.
- Low-cost Educational Resources: A portfolio of academic and applied course resources organized using a high-quality, cost-effective blend of e-books, articles and Open Educational Resources.
- Early Access to First Course – EDD-8000: Preliminary view and early navigation of Moodle (Learning Management System). Ed.D. students can review syllabi, modules, grading rubrics, discussion forums, mentor/faculty office hours and course resources.
- NJ State Library Cards for Ed.D. Cohort: Complimentary cohort processing and dispersal of library barcodes/cards for exclusive collections and access to electronic resources.
- Customized Moodle Navigation and NJ State Library Webinar: Student are provided with Moodle Learning Management System essentials including navigation, calendar, student dashboard, research EBSCO and ProQuest host resources. New Jersey State Library representatives will review links, catalog searches, tools and research references within the NJSL website.
- Access to Doctoral Scholar-Practitioner Community of Practice Platform: Exclusive to School of Business and Management students, the Doctoral Community of Practice Platform repository provides access to innumerable resources and tools to deliver quality business and management education that is industry-relevant and career-enabling.
- Dean’s Seminar Series: The Dean and staff deliver focused seminars throughout the academic year. Several seminar series include Dean’s Research Seminar, Academic Writing Seminar, Scholar-Practitioner Field Project, Adjunct Teaching Seminar, Publishing and Presenting Seminar, Accepted Student Seminar Series, and New Student Cohort Seminar.
Admissions Requirements
Students are eligible for degree program admission and course enrollment using the following admissions criteria:
- Master’s degree in management, education, human resource management, training and development, and organizational development, and/or closely related field earned from an institutionally accredited college or university.
- Graduate GPA of 3.00 or above
- Assessment of prior academic course work and research methods
- Minimum three years of leadership, management, corporate, higher education, and consulting equivalent professional experience.
- Evaluation of graduate school application including undergraduate and graduate academic transcripts, essay, and resume
Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership Culture, and Change Degree Entry Terms:
- Students start in either the January or July term.
Credit Transfer
- A total of 6 doctoral level credits; equivalent courses and/or Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) may be transferred to the Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership Culture and Change degree, primarily in curriculum Domain IV, Instructional and Consultative Practice/Research Methods.
- Doctoral-level course equivalent transfer credit and /or PLA credit accepted only through evaluation and approval by the dean of the School of Business and Management
Program Progression
- Students admitted to the Ed.D. degree program progress through the curriculum with the cohort to which they were admitted.
- Students earning a C grade in a course will follow the C grade policy.
- The program must be completed within seven years of admission into the program.
Graduation Requirements
- Ed.D. students must earn a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and be in good standing at TESU to be certified for graduation.
- All program requirements must be successfully completed, including the final Scholar-Practitioner Field Project.
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