Online EdD: Leadership

Application Deadline: December 2, 2022
Next Start: January 2, 2023

Interdisciplinary. Diverse. Transformative.

If you’re an aspiring leader who wants to earn your terminal degree to lead strategically, ethically and create meaningful change, Spalding University’s online Doctorate of Education in Leadership (EdD: Leadership) is designed for you.

Our online EdD: Leadership program is a collaborative, interdisciplinary and globally conscious program for current and future leaders aspiring to use their influential voices to innovate and create sustainable, transformational change.

This full-time program is mission-driven and addresses modern-day issues. Courses are delivered one at a time, allowing you to earn your terminal degree in just two years while maintaining your current job responsibilities and personal lifestyle.

With your EdD in Leadership, you will stand out as an exemplary practitioner of ethical organizational leadership, an extraordinary team builder, a systems thinker and a driver of change and innovation in a global economy.

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Online EdD: Leadership Program Themes

You’ll benefit from our program’s integrated and flexible format for instruction that promotes best practices in business, social services, the arts and higher education. Dynamic learning, rigorous and cutting-edge research and collaborative study underscore our educational process. You’ll connect with students from a diverse, cross-sectional cohort of professionals at a university with an outstanding reputation for quality education and a legacy of service.

Advanced Leadership Concepts in Practice

EDD 902
Systems Theory and Leadership

This course focuses on the interdisciplinary study of systems and on the systemic thinking that 21st-century leaders must adopt to lead effectively in a diverse world and global economy. Students learn how the current emphasis on the interdependence of individuals, groups, structures and processes contrasts sharply with the 19th- and early 20th-century philosophy that individuals and organizations thrive as independent agents. Students also analyze a case study to identify and articulate the underlying leadership problem(s).

Global and Cultural Perspectives

EDD 904
Leading Innovative and Creative Change Across the Organization and Within the Community

This course examines effective, ethical, creative and transformative ways of implementing organizational and community change. Students learn how a leader can drive and shape an organization to embrace, foster and promote individual and collective innovation. Further, students explore skills and strategies to systematize operations and confirm digital access and appropriate infrastructure for an organization to thrive in a global marketplace. In addition, through written and other forms of assessment, students demonstrate accountability in the mindful use and application of transformative processes, just as students learn strategic planning, the importance of team building and the significance of creating partnerships. Students also analyze a case study to identify and articulate the underlying leadership problem(s).

Organizational Innovation and Change

EDD 905
Ethical Leadership

This course promotes a global understanding of the philosophical and civic traditions of leadership as the ethical construct of diverse practices in myriad organizations, institutions and societies. Students gain greater awareness of the cultural contradictions that influence contemporary organizations, especially in U.S. society, and learn to identify Western views of morality as well as ethical business practices in a competitive and diverse world marketplace. This course also focuses on ethical, mindful and legal decision-making based on compliance, regulations and customs in a global marketplace. Students demonstrate their learning via written assessments, oral presentations and other appropriate means of evaluation. This course moves away from the traditional construct of leadership as the manifestation of a single role and instead explores the more substantive concept of leaders’ relationships to internal and external constituents, as well as to cultural mores and constraints. In this course, students also enroll in and complete the required research ethics online course and must pass the assessment related to the course. Students must pass the quiz to pass EDD 905. Students also analyze a case study to identify and articulate the underlying leadership problem(s).

Research-Informed Decision-Making

EDD 908
Research Methodology and Problem-Solving

The purpose of this course is to educate doctoral-level students in the use of the scientific approach in research and to ensure informed decision-making grounded in empirical research. By critiquing research studies, students develop the knowledge, skills and aptitudes that characterize the disciplined researcher who conducts and applies qualitative, quantitative and/or mixed-method studies. This course challenges students to think systematically-yet-creatively about inquiry and about how inquiry aligns with an organization’s foundational design and performance-improvement principles. This course also promotes inquiry that informs ways in which leaders conceive, develop, implement and evaluate interventions (programs, products, systems and aids) to achieve organizational goals and objectives.

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What Can I Do With a Doctorate of Education in Leadership?

Earning your EdD in Leadership affords you a wide variety of career options. Graduates from our program carry out our mission to serve others in a variety of industries, organizations and disciplines. Typical leadership roles in the education sector include principal, superintendent, chancellor, dean, provost, education consultant, thought leader, department leader or faculty member. Other sectors include:

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Is Spalding University’s online EdD: Leadership program accredited?

Spalding University and the EdD: Leadership program are regionally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).

How long will it take for me to complete the online EdD: Leadership program?

The EdD: Leadership program is flexibly designed for working professionals and can be completed in two years. Courses are delivered one at a time. Each term is 8 weeks long, and students complete 10 courses in 10 terms.

Public Sector Leadership Roles

How much does the online EdD: Leadership program cost?

Our online EdD: Leadership program costs $825 per credit hour, for a total program investment of $49,500 (plus applicable fees). Financial aid is available to our online students.

Is the online EdD: Leadership faculty experienced?

You will learn from doctorally prepared instructors who are also practicing organizational leaders who bring real-world perspectives to the classroom. As trusted Spalding University faculty members, they are committed to your success.

Is the online EdD: Leadership program only for educators?

No. This program is designed for students who want to pursue leadership roles in a variety of industries and disciplines including, but not limited to:

Advocacy groups
Arts and humanities
Faith-based organizations
Healthcare
Human services and resources
Learning design and technology
Media and communications
Mental health and social work
Philanthropy and fundraising

Why Spalding University?

Get your doctoral degree from a mission-focused university

Spalding was the first university to be certified as a Compassionate College in the Charter for Compassion. Its Catholic heritage welcomes all and emphasizes the cultural understanding, diversity and dignity of everyone.

Universally Relevant

Develop leadership skills that are applicable to your organization’s goals, whether in the private, public, government or nonprofit sector.
Mission-Driven

Learn at a university rooted in quality learning, diversity, ethical leadership and a socially conscious legacy of service.

Learn More About the Online EdD: Leadership Program

Earn your degree at a university that keeps cultural, societal, global and ethical issues at the forefront of education.

We created this program for aspiring leaders who want to advance their organizations to the next level. If you want to lead strategically and ethically, Spalding’s online EdD: Leadership program may be the right choice for you to advance your career and use your influential voice for good.

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