EdD
EdD
Educational Administration,
The Department of Educational Administration offers graduate degree programs in P-20 educational administration and in a number of specializations.
Description
Faculty members are experienced administrators, curriculum specialists, and college administrators who are dedicated to preparing students for rewarding and fulfilling careers in educational administration.
The EDAD Ed.D. is an applied professional degree that prepares scholarly practitioners to lead continuous improvement for equity in educational organizations at all levels, P-20. This program is designed for educational leaders seeking to enhance their capacities to lead change at the school, district, university, system, or state-level and other educational settings and organizations.
For more information, visit: Educational Administration
Career Pathways
- Educational Administrator
- Superintendent
- Central office leaders
- Higher Education Administrators
- Faculty
Specializations
Applying for Admission
Standard requirements for all graduate programs
- Application for Admission with $50 non-refundable application fee.
- Transcripts (unofficial): Uploaded as part of application form.
If International: Uploads must include all college- or university-level transcripts or mark sheets (records of courses and marks earned), with certificates, diplomas, and degrees plus certified English translations.
After admission: Official documents are required from all students who are admitted and enroll. Photocopies of certified records are not acceptable. International students enrolled in other U.S. institutions may have certified copies of all foreign records sent directly to the Office of Graduate Studies by their current school’s registrar office.
- If applicant’s native language is not English, verification of English proficiency
is required.
When sending TOEFL scores, our institution code is 6877 and a department code is not needed.
- If applicant is not a US citizen and expects an F or J visa: financial information.
- Applicants must also fulfill any additional requirements the department specifies at the time of application.
Additional requirements specific to this program
- Resume/CV
- Personal Statement: In this letter to the admissions committee, address the following questions. This should be limited to 2-3 pages.
- What are your professional education and leadership experiences?
- How are equity and diversity centered in your work as an educator and a leader?
- How does an Ed.D. in Educational Administration figure into your career trajectory and goals as an educational leader?
- What is your plan and strategy to complete your degree in a timely manner (for instance, online coursework, occasional required on-campus experiences)?
- Essay: In this essay, describe what you see as an important pressing educational challenge or opportunity in your organization or community. Be sure to identify what has been said or done (or not said or done) regarding the issue by local stakeholders to date (e.g. teachers, faculty, administrators community members). Explain why this challenge/opportunity is important to address in your context, and how you might address it through organizational improvement efforts as part of your dissertation practice. Explain how your scholarly inquiry regarding this challenge or opportunity could help resolve a problem of practice. This should be limited to a maximum of 4 pages.
- Writing Sample: Upload two academic/scholarly writing samples. Applicants typically submit papers written for other courses or academic programs that give the admissions committee a sense of the applicant's academic writing skill and background.
- Three recommendation letters
Admission Application Deadlines
January 15 for Summer.
Department
Graduate Chair
Support Staff
Campus Address
Program Faculty
Crystal Garcia (bio)
Minoritized College Students, Critical Theories, Student Affairs, Sorority and Fraternity Life, Critical Qualitative Methods
Don Johnson (bio)
Superintendency, School Leadership, Mentoring in P-12 schools
Taeyeon Kim (bio)
Educational Accountability, Leadership Development, Policy Practice in K-12 Schools, International Comparative Perspectives
Nick Pace (bio)
The Principalship, School Culture and Climate, School Administrator Wellness and Life Balance, Mentoring, Qualitative Research
Channel McLewis (bio)
Organizational Change, Racial Inequities in College Pathways and Career Trajectories, Innovative Strategies and Policies for Institutional Transformation
Milad Mohebali (bio)
Knowledge/Power in Higher Education, Basic Needs Insecurity, Difficult Dialogues, Sociology of Higher Education, Critical Qualitative Methods
Elizabeth Niehaus (bio)
Student Affairs, Service-Learning/International Service-Learning, Internationalization of Higher Education, Study Abroad, Research Methods
Corey Rumann (bio)
Student Veteran Identity Development
Scott Sturgeon (bio)
Principalship, Principal Mentoring, Principal Supervision, Instructional Leadership & School Improvement Planning, School Culture and Student Behavior
Katherine Wesley (bio)
Community Colleges
Jiangang Xia (bio)
Leadership Theory, Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation, Quantitative Methods, Large Scale Data Analysis
UNL Graduate Chairs and staff please complete the program update form to provide edits. Updates to graduate program pages are made on an annual basis in conjunction with the Graduate Application for Admission.