The Executive Doctorate in - Penn GSE - University of Pennsylvania

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The Cohort The cohort model is the Executive Doctorate’s core pedagogical strategy: students bring their past experiences and current dilemmas to the classroom and use new frameworks, innovative strategies, and emerging analytic skills to puzzle through contemporary issues together. These issues spark classroom dialogues that build during cohort meals and continue online and offline during time between classes. Executive Doctorate students are established higher education professionals from campuses, associations, organizations, and government. They reflect the broad diversity of higher education, whether defined by race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, or religious affiliation. Students travel monthly to Penn from across the United States. We have welcomed students from Alaska and Puerto Rico and from several different countries as well. “My education at Penn provided me with a solid framework for Our student cohorts are diverse in terms of their professional and institutional backgrounds as well. Each class brings together senior leaders of two- and fouryear campuses, public and private, for-profit and faith-based, historically black and Hispanic-serving, elite and open enrollment institutions. Represented in the room are presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other senior managers in the areas of finance, advancement, planning, student affairs, enrollment management, and virtually every segment of the enterprise. While all students hold at least a master’s degree, some hold terminal degrees in law or other academic fields and are seeking a deeper understanding of issues in education. higher education administration that inspired me to take on some new challenges. The program helped me identify the core competencies that administrators need so I felt confident as I transitioned from a private, fouryear institution to my current role as vice president of academic and student affairs at Cayuga Community College.” — Anne Herron, Ed.D. ’08, Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs/Dean of Faculty, Cayuga Community College 2 www.gse.upenn.edu/execdoc Cohort Demographics, 2009–2013 52% Male 48% Female Represents Two-year and Four Year Public, Private and For Profit Institutions, Nonprofit Organizations and Private Industry AVERAGE AGE 44 Professional Experiences 3% Asian 64% White 27% Black 6% Hispanic/Latino Academic and Administrative Leadership (Presidents, Provosts, Deans), Vice Presidents of Advancement, Enrollment Management and Finance, Teaching Faculty, Private Sector Consultants and Entrepreneurs
Timeline THE FIRST YEAR l Summer Opening Seminar Cohort kicks off the program at Penn with a full week of classes. l Fall Students have a heavy load of coursework and begin formulating a dissertation topic. l Spring Coursework continues. Students develop and defend a dissertation proposal by June. The Structure The Executive Doctorate is a full-time Ed.D. program delivered in an executivestyle format that allows students to keep their current full-time jobs while in the program. Although various technologies are employed to facilitate collaborative learning and communication, this is not an online degree—coursework takes place on the Penn campus in Philadelphia. Each cohort of students is supported by a program coordinator who facilitates all logistics and hospitality arrangements, in addition to distributing course materials, sharing relevant information and serving as a one-stop liaison to other university offices and resources. THE SECOND YEAR The program consists of six consecutive terms, starting with a late summer term and culminating in a spring-term Commencement two years later. All students must transfer the equivalent of a year of graduate coursework from a previous master’s degree, first professional degree, or other doctoral degree. Students take a heavy load of coursework in The First Year, while also developing a dissertation proposal. The second summer is a study abroad experience, taking place in a one- or twoweek overseas trip. Coursework continues in The Second Year, though at a lighter pace, to allow students time to complete their research and dissertation drafting, and culminates in a dissertation defense toward the end of the spring term. l Summer International Seminar One- or two-week study abroad experience, meeting with higher education leaders and researchers at partner campuses. l Fall Coursework continues, but at a lighter pace. Students complete research and dissertation drafting. Student accommodations are typically at the Hilton Inn at Penn, a AAA-rated Four Diamond hotel only a block from the Graduate School of Education. The hotel provides high-speed wired/wireless Internet connections, a business center, meeting rooms and lounges, a fitness room, a restaurant, and other amenities. Executive Doctorate classes are usually held in the GSE Conference Center, with breakfast, lunch, breaks, and some dinners catered on site. Additional dinners, often with faculty or visiting lecturers, are provided at a wide range of Philadelphia’s finest restaurants. Students are responsible for travel to and from Philadelphia, but all other costs for lodging, meals, and local transportation during class sessions are included in the tuition and program fee. l Spring Students wrap up coursework and final dissertation edits. Dissertation defenses and Commencement! The Executive Doctorate 3
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