Education doctoral programs have an essential role to play in this moment of American history, as we train, teach, guide, and prepare education professionals to learn, unlearn, and lead as antiracist education activists. EdD program faculty and administrators sit in critical roles and must examine our own antiracist beliefs, while also…

This study reports on the value of community-based learning for the preparation of EdD graduates as practitioner researchers. To provide insights about the conditions that facilitated or constrained the development of inquiry abilities, the study applied a qualitative research approach examining the perceptions of 14 doctoral students who…

This article reports on the program changes that emerged from the Baylor University Ed.D. in Learning and Organizational Change program development team as we engaged as a community of practice in the organizational change process to reframe our conceptualization of the Problem of Practice dissertation. This process led to logical implications for…

In qualitative doctoral research the methodological approach, and the research design are extremely important when ensuring the rigorousness of the work. This is particularly significant for all researchers, and even more for doctoral students who are still developing their research and analytical skills. This paper aims to support doctoral…

Purpose and Method of Study: The purpose of this phenomenological study was to discover factors in Hispanic women's lives that influenced their persistence in attainment of a doctoral degree. Six Hispanic women, ranging in age from 44 to 70 years, were interviewed regarding their educational experiences. At the time of the study, five of the…

The purpose of this paper is to describe how one university collaborated with local P-12 partners to create an Ed.D. program in Educational Leadership. This program's goal is to professionally develop aspiring district-level school leadership in concert with local P-12 partnership school districts. As a direct result of those partnerships, the…