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Graduate & Professional :: School of Education
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Educational Administration, Ed.D.
The Doctorate of Education Degree in Educational Administration has been designed to meet the needs of aspiring administrators in urban and metropolitan school districts.
Coordinator:
Loyce Caruthers  , (816) 235-1044, caruthersl@umkc.edu
Criteria for Admission:
- Completed UMKC application and ULAPSIE supplemental application.
- Official transcripts from each college attended.
- Educational Specialist degree or equivalent from an accredited institution with G.P.A. of at least 3.65 in Educational Administration.
- Graduate Record Examination: quantitative, verbal and analytical writing.
- Four professional or academic letters of reference.
- An autobiographical statement that includes your professional goals and how the doctoral degree will help you in achieving these goals, and a description of some of your leadership accomplishments.
- A writing sample, which gives evidence of your writing ability. The sample may be a previous course paper, a chapter from thesis, a published article, etc. Send copies for documents will not be returned.
- Successful completion of three hours or equivalent of Statistical Methods 1 (EDRP 5505) -and- three hours or equivalent of Principles and Methods of Research (EDRP 5508) with a grade of B or higher.
Curriculum
The Doctorate of Education program will consist of 33 hours of inter-disciplinary course work and a 9 hour Applied Research Dissertation Project. The Doctoral Applied Research Study will include the identification of a study to be conducted that is grounded in educational policy in the public arena. A theoretical construct for the study will be developed including a research design, a review of the literature, and a presentation of the findings of the study in a public setting as well as to the doctoral committee. It is expected that students will complete this program during a four year period of time.
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