Nova Southeastern University's Fischler School of Education and Human Services' (FSEHS) doctor of education (Ed.D.) is designed to offer students a curriculum with a solid foundation in leadership, research, and the study of current trends and issues, while customizing each student's program of study to meet their individual professional and personal goals.
The FSEHS doctor of education program is designed to provide doctoral and continuing professional development programs to education practitioners. The program prepares professionals in the field of education to be at the forefront of their industry. The degree is distinguished by its accessibility to learners, flexibility in programs and operation, and creativity in outlook. The doctor of education program promotes academic standards of quality, consistent with excellence in professional practice, and embraces diversity among learners and faculty. With nine concentration areas within the field of education, the program was developed to meet and exceed the development needs of professionals in the areas of Educational Leadership, Healthcare Education, Higher Education, Human Service Administration, Instructional Leadership, Instructional Technology and Distance Education, Organizational Leadership, Special Education, and Speech-Language Pathology.
The program is designed to prepare professionals in the field of education for new challenges, opportunities, and increased responsibility. This objective is accomplished by combining the latest instructional technology with an outstanding curriculum developed by our faculty. The menu-driven approach to the doctor of education offers students more flexible curriculum choices and instructional delivery options. Students gain expertise in their chosen concentration and supplement that area of study with an additional concentration, a minor in another area, or with electives from multiple disciplines.
About the Concentration
Educational Leadership
The doctor of education with a concentration in educational leadership is designed specifically for practicing administrators, education leaders, and teachers on an administrative track in prekindergarten through 12th grade public and nonpublic schools and school systems. This program will help practitioners develop leadership skills through self-reflection and analysis, and best practices through practical application. Those skills and practices can then be used to solve real problems in the workplace. The planning and implementation of projects based on these problems are the cornerstones of the program. The doctoral program in educational leadership focuses on providing broad knowledge of social, political, and economic forces at work in society, as well as a narrow concentration on mechanical or logistical issues that tend to perpetuate parochialism and traditionalism.
Higher Education Leadership
The doctor of education with a concentration in higher education is designed specifically for practicing educators, trainers, and staff developers working with adult learners. This program will help practitioners develop leadership skills to administer higher education programs and institutions through self-reflection and analysis, and best practices through practical application. Those skills and practices can then be used to solve real problems inthe workplace. The doctoral program in higher education focuses on providing broad knowledge of social, political, and economic forces at work in society, as well as developing leaders that can meet both current and future leadership challenges in higher education.
Organizational Leadership
The doctor of education with a concentration in organizational leadership is designed specifically for practicing professionals with a leadership role in their organization. This program will help practitioners develop skills to meet both current and future leadership challenges facing their organizations through self-reflection and analysis, and best practices through practical application. Those skills and practices can then be used to solve real problems in the workplace. The doctoral program in organizational leadership focuses on developing leaders as change agents that can implement effective policy and achieve a higher standard of organizational achievement in the 21st century.
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