Fit for Purpose

Erika Prager, Barbara Hall, B. Riggle, Laurie Wellner

OAI: oai:igi-global.com:260927 • DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6664-0.ch002

Using an illustrative case study, this chapter explores the two-year design process of a practice-based Doctor of Education degree program in an online university. Emerging from the continuous improvement lens, the redesign process centered around the examination of the purpose of the degree in the context of meeting the educational needs of practitioners in the field. Principally, this program redesign led to greater differentiation between the practitioner-based EdD degree and the PhD to provide students with distinct options for meeting their personal and professional goals.

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