Educational Leadership
Virtual Open House - Tuesday, November 3, 2026: 5-6:30 p.m.
Join us at one of our upcoming virtual Graduate School Open House events on Zoom! You'll have the opportunity to learn more about 蘑菇短视频, understand the Graduate School application process, and meet key program representatives.
Ed.D. In-Person Open House: Saturday, November 14th
Educational Leadership Program Awards:
The Educational Leadership program received the Academic Program of the Year Award
at the
annual University Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards. The event is a celebration
of achievements of the university鈥檚 faculty and staff in the areas of teaching, scholarship,
and service.
CPED's 2021 Program of the Year
The CPED Program of the Year Award highlights innovative, distinctive programs that serve as models to inspire improvement across member institutions. Chosen through a rigorous review, winners demonstrate diverse, creative, and impactful practices.
蘑菇短视频 Educational Leadership
What You'll Learn
The Doctor of Education Degree Program is a 53-hour, cohort program. Cohorts begin the programin the summer, progress through a nine semester sequence of leadership and research courses meeting one weekend monthly at the 蘑菇短视频 Biltmore Park campus in Asheville, with continuous work online and in workplace laboratories of practice. The program culminates with a disquisition鈥攁 written and oral presentation of thethree-year improvement project. Applicants admitted to the P-12 Leadership concentration who intend to complete the requirements for a Superintendent鈥檚 license must have earned a Principal鈥檚 license prior to being admitted to the program.
Where You'll Go
The EdD in Educational Leadership will prepare you to work in an educational environment as a senior level leader such as a superintendent, dean of students, or in a variety of other leadership roles. Public school superintendents in North Carolina made an average salary of $156,000 a year. Postsecondary educational administrators make an average salary of $103,000 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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More 蘑菇短视频 Our Ed.D. in Educational Leadership
蘑菇短视频鈥檚 Ed.D. Program in Education Leadership is a Carnegie-influenced executive doctoral program that prepares skilled scholar practitioners to lead educational organizations in solving complex problems of practice. 蘑菇短视频 has been selected as a member of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED).
CPED is an ongoing effort to rethink and redesign the professional doctorate in education to better serve those who aspire to practice educational leadership. Our mission is to develop educational leaders oriented toward continuous improvement, scholarly practice, collaboration, student-centered decision making, and equity and social justice.
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