ELHE8209 · Education

Executive Doctoral Seminar I

Lynch School of Education & Human Development

This course is designed to build on the learning outcomes from the Data Literacy and Data-Driven Decision Making as students complete their Executive Doctoral Dossier (EDD) projects in their third year of the program. In this two-semester seminar, students integrate knowledge and skills in alignment with the programs learning outcomes and commitment to whole-person executive formation. The seminar challenges students to develop skills as practitioner-scholars in addressing a complex problem of practice in higher education as they complete their projects.The Executive Ed.D. in Higher Education is designed with a curriculum designed to develop academic leaders capable of navigating an era of rapid change in higher education. This emphasis influences the nature of the program's culminating productthe Executive Doctoral Dossier (EDD)which is designed to be valuable for executive-level leaders and the organizations they serve now and in the future. The dossier aligns with the principles of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) as a a scholarly project that demonstrates a synthesis of the students abilities, lays the groundwork for future practice scholarship, and demonstrates mastery of ability to frame and critically inquire into a significant educational problem of practice. It also aligns with BCs commitment to whole-person education that invites the whole person and involves our whole community to see leading and learning as two sides of the same transformative coin. In the Executive Doctoral Dossier project, students address a real-world problem of practice (PoP).They focus on significant, high-leverage questions centered on real-world issues, leadership challenges, and complex problems faced by leaders and organizations. They integrate academic (e.g.,empirical research, data, and frameworks) and practice-based (e.g., policy reports, etc.) and use multiple data sources in an applied data-driven project. The project emphasizes research-based, data-informed insights and their implications for higher education institutions, policies, and practices. It is designed to advance professional knowledge and increase their impact as an executive-level leader in an era of rapid change. It invites doctoral students into communities to serve with and for othersto use their talents to address critical issues in higher education.