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Cap off your education credentials with a doctorate that you can pursue completely online.<\/h2>\n

Institutions and organizations need individuals who understand not only how to motivate and lead others, but who can effectively manage the other requirements of leadership: the financial and legal, the human and political, and the moral and ethical. Few careers offer such a broad array of opportunities \u2013 and challenges. The leadership studies doctorate is for people who are up to the task.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The Ed.D. \u00a0in Leadership Studies is designed for individuals who aspire to leadership positions in their professional communities, whether those communities are schools, universities, non-profits or philanthropies, state or federal government organizations, NGOs, the military, social service agencies, etc.\u00a0 The program therefore welcomes a broad range of applicants who represent diverse institutions and organizations and who are committed to cultivating a deeper understanding of leadership and improving their competence as researchers.<\/p>\n

Students benefit from a content core that is grounded in fundamental leadership principles and practices and supported by the study of ethics, legal and financial issues, and contemporary policymaking. This core is complemented by a research block that develops students\u2019 skills in not only evaluating and applying research to the problems of leadership practice, but in designing and executing research for purposes of guiding decision-making in their professions. Faculty also emphasize the improvement of each student\u2019s oral and written communication skills.<\/p>\n

Marshall’s Ed.D. program in leadership studies\u00a0consists of a minimum of 45\u00a0graduate hours of acceptable coursework.<\/h3>\n

The specific requirements include:<\/p>\n

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  • Major Field:\u00a0 18 hours minimum<\/li>\n
  • Research and Support:\u00a0 18 hours minimum<\/li>\n
  • Dissertation Research:\u00a0 9 hours minimum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Ed.D. \u00a0in Leadership Studies is designed for individuals who aspire to leadership positions in their professional communities, whether those communities are schools, universities, non-profits or philanthropies, state or federal government organizations, NGOs, the military, social service agencies, etc.\u00a0 The program therefore welcomes a broad range of applicants who represent diverse institutions and organizations and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":186,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/lsedd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/lsedd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/lsedd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/lsedd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/lsedd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/lsedd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/lsedd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/lsedd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/lsedd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}