Program Purpose
This doctoral degree program is the first independent Doctorate of Education (Ed.D.) program offered by San Diego State University. It prepares community college and postsecondary leaders who are committed to educational justice, providing them with the skills, knowledge and attitudes essential to transform community colleges and four-year institutions so that all students are learning at high levels. University faculty and local practitioner experts collaborate to create a vibrant learning community that draws upon issues and challenges facing community colleges. Doctoral candidates will tackle real-world problems through their dissertation research and serve their colleges at the same time by informing and improving practice.
Learning Outcomes (curriculum alignment matrix)
Upon successful completion of the Ed.D. program, graduates will demonstrate the following outcomes:
1. Organizational Strategy - develop strategies to improve the quality of postsecondary education and promote the access and success of all students while sustaining and strengthening the institutional mission. The demonstration of this outcome is based on knowledge of postsecondary educational organizations, their cultures, environments, and future trends (Program Goals #1, 3, 5).
2. Resource Management - equitably and ethically refine and/or sustain people, processes, information, and assets to fulfill the mission, vision and goals of their postsecondary educational institutions and organizations (Program Goals #1, 4, 5).
3. Instructional Leadership - apply the necessary knowledge and skills to promote the academic success of all students and to close the achievement gap by fostering a positive postsecondary educational organizational culture, effective curricular programs, a student-centered learning environment, and ongoing professional growth opportunities for all staff (Program Goals #1, 2, 4, 5).
4. Communication - use effective listening, speaking, and writing skills to engage in honest, compassionate and respectful dialogue in a shared governance environment (Program Goals #1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
5. Collaboration - demonstrate the ability to develop intentional, cooperative, mutually beneficial, and ethically sound internal and external relationships that nurture diversity, promote student success, and promote the organization’s mission in their postsecondary educational institutions (Program Goals #1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
6. Organizational Advocacy - recognize, commit to, champion and advance the mission, vision, and goals of the postsecondary educational organization (Program Goals #1, 2, 3).
7. Professional - set healthy standards and boundaries for self and others, demonstrate personal accountability, and ensure the long-term growth of self and all constituencies within the postsecondary educational organization (Program Goals #1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
8. Financial and Legal Forces - identify the financial and legal forces affecting leadership in postsecondary education and develop plans to augment public sources of revenue as well as plans to influence policy revision (Program Goals #1, 4, 5).
9. Decisions Sciences - engage in the scientific method and other forms of inquiry to assess practice, examine results and promote sound decision-making in post-secondary education (Program Goals #1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Program Goals
San Diego State University’s Ed.D. Program in Education Leadership seeks to facilitate the growth of leaders as:
1. Experts in Educational Leadership
2. Critical Thinkers Informed by Scholarly Literature
3. Transformational Change Agents, Possessing the Skills of:
Problem solving
Management
Capacity of mission/vision articulation
Influencing the instructional environment
Creating collaborative and community partnerships
4.
Self-Aware, Ethical Professionals
5. Professional Who Value and Promote Access, Equity, and Student Success
