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Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership (Doctor of Education or EDD degree)
On June 22, 2010, the Board of Regents of the State of New York approved an amendment to our master plan to authorize Manhattanville College to offer its first program at the doctoral level, an Ed.D. in educational leadership. The purpose of the doctoral program is to meet the needs of mid-career professionals who already have leadership experience in public or private schools, in community programs, in governmental agencies, or in NGOs with major education initiatives. This program builds on Manhattanville’s educational leadership master’s and Professional Diploma certification programs for building level and/or district-level leadership. Accepted students will have both early career leadership experience and the initial licensure/certification/program requirements for their chosen career path as leaders in education. Students complete a three-year program of study that tightly integrates coursework, field experiences, and applied research (59 semester hours including dissertation). The focus is on preparing leaders to work in changing suburbs and small cities, and the signature pedagogy is problem-based learning. The doctoral program experiences are organized around five themes: leading learning organizations, becoming a sophisticated practitioner-scholar, developing self and others, participating in professional and policy-making communities, and facilitating responsive education programs. The program offers the option to do a three-article dissertation or a traditional five-chapter dissertation.
In the case of conflict, the Doctoral Handbook supersedes this catalog.
Admission requirements: To be considered for admission an applicant should: Have a Bachelor’s degree and a relevant Master’s degree; Have at least three years of successful experience in education after completing Bachelor’s degree; Have a record of leadership as a teacher, leader, and/or manager. Administrative certification and 2 years of administrative experience are strongly preferred. Application materials include: 1) EdD Application and Application fee; 2) Current CV or Resume; 3) A statement of purpose essay; 4) A sample of scholarly writing or publication, such as a research paper for a recent graduate program; 5) Two reference letters focusing on leadership potential and scholarly communication abilities; 6) One nomination letter; 7) Copies of transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work and official copy of the highest academic degree; 8) GRE scores on the Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical tests or Miller Analogies Test (MAT) scores or equivalent (for international students, TOEFL is required in lieu of GRE or MAT). Admission materials can "trickle" in.
Required courses (59 credits)
Leadership: Self Assessment & Self Management (3-credit)
Developing & Influencing Education Policy (3-credit)
Research & Scholarship: Changing Suburbs & Small Cities – Quantitative Research (3-credit)
Linking theory, Research/Scholarship, and Professional Practice – Qualitative Research (3-credit)
Curricular & Pedagogical Quality (3-credit)
Developing Human Resources and Teams (3-credit)
Culture, Politics, and Educational Change (3-credit)
Change and Innovation: The Social and Political Dynamics of Organizations (3-credit)
Emerging Financial and Legal Issues in Education (3-credit)
Facilitating Change through Organizational Research (3-credit)
Using Information Technologies in Leadership & Scholarship (3-credit)
Community Relations and Education (3-credit)
Summer Capstone Experience: Education and Changing Suburbs & Small Cities (2-credit)
Dissertation Proseminar (2-credit)
Dissertation Proseminar (3-credit)
Professional and Scholarly Communication (4-credit)
Dissertation Supervision (a minimum of 12-credit in total)
Credit transfer: Up to 12 credits of post-master level courses taken at a regionally accredited institution within the last ten (10) years may be transferred into the doctoral program. Limited Doctoral Teaching Fellowships and Graduate Assistantships are available to qualified candidates.
Manhattanville College complies with Federal (U.S. Department of Education) and Middle States Commission of Higher Education (MSCHE) regulations pertaining to degree requirements and credit hours. Manhattanville College undergraduate degrees require the successful completion of a minimum of 120 semester credit hours. The MFA degree in the School of Arts and Sciences is a 36 credit program. Master of Arts in Teaching and Masters of Professional Studies range from 35 to 49 credits, depending on the certificate or certificates that they may lead to. Advanced certificate programs leading to a college recommendation for certification, including the Professional Diploma in Education Leadership, range from 11 to 36 credits. The Master of Education Studies, not leading to certification, is a 30 credit program. The Doctor of Education program is a 59-credit program. All graduate programs in the School of Business are 36 credits, with the exception of the MS in Business Leadership, which is 39 credits.
Manhattanville’s academic year is separated into fall, spring and summer semesters for traditional undergraduate programs offered by the School of Arts and Sciences. The Fall and Spring semester are fifteen weeks in length. Our accelerated undergraduate degree completion program, offered through the Manhattanville School of Business, works on seven week semesters. SOE semesters are separated into fall, winter, spring, and summer. Classes run for fifteen weeks in the Fall and Spring, and begin a week after the School of Arts and Sciences commence in the Fall semester. Summer classes generally run between five and ten weeks. The Winter semester runs three weeks. All formats, including traditional semester-length classes and the accelerated and summer formats, must comply with the university credit hour policy.
All new courses are vetted by the appropriate curriculum committees (School of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, School of Business) to ensure requirements meet with credit hour regulations. In addition, existing courses are reviewed periodically by the School Deans, Office of the Registrar, and assessment committees to ensure that the work load is consistent with the potential credits to be earned.
Background
The U.S. Department of Education, at 34 CFR Section 600.2, defines “credit hour” as:
“…an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than:
(1) one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester or trimester hour of credit, or ten to twelve weeks for one quarter hour of credit, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or,
(2) at least an equivalent amount of work as required in paragraph (1) of this definition for other academic activities as established by the institution, including laboratory work, internships, practica, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours.”
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education, in its Credit Hour Policy, effective August 23, 2013, requires institutions to verify compliance with Credit Hour regulations.
Manhattanville College and its staff strive to improve student services and welcome input regarding our policies and procedures. All student concerns or complaints should be written and directed to the appropriate departmental or division/Dean office. If said response does not adequately address a student's concerns, the complainant is encouraged to contact the Office of the Provost (Reid Castle, 2nd floor, Room 207, 914-323-5340) for academic concerns and the Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs (Reid Castle, 2nd Floor, Room 227, 914-323-5294) for all other concerns.
All written complaints/concerns should be accompanied by relevant documentation. The Provost or Vice President for Student Affairs will review the documents and the circumstances with the appropriate area and will either respond personally to the complaint, or direct the appropriate member of the institution to do so within 10 days of receipt of the written complaint.
Please note: Due to Federal regulations the College generally only corresponds with students, not parents or guardians.
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