LEMCPE Requirements

The Doctorate in Education in Leadership for Equity-Minded Change in Postsecondary Education is an in-person, cohort-based program. The program duration is three full years, including the summers. The curriculum provides students with content and research training targeted to advance their knowledge about postsecondary education and prepare future leaders in higher education.

Groups of students will work with a faculty advisor. Admitted students will be grouped and assigned an advisor by the start of the first semester. Students will complete individual project-based dissertations of practice but will work in advising groups on related topics, with the potential for overlap between projects.  

The Doctorate in Education in Leadership for Equity-Minded Change in Postsecondary Education is a cohort-based pipeline program. All students will complete a common 45-credit curriculum intentionally designed and sequenced. The pipeline program design means that transfer credits do not apply.

This program is offered by the HALE unit in the Department of Educational Administration.

Required Programming 

Summer 1: 

  • EAD 935: Foundations for Equity-Minded Leaders in Postsecondary Education [3 credits] 

Fall 1: 

  • EAD 960: Proseminar in Postsecondary Education [3 credits] 
  • EAD 965: Diversity and Equity in Higher Education [3 credits] 
  • EAD 966A: Research Preparation [1-credit] 

Spring 1:  

  • EAD 966: Students in Postsecondary Education [3 credits] 
  • EAD 968: Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum [3 credits] 
  • EAD 966B: Research Preparation [1-credit] 

Summer 2: 

  • EAD937A: Equity-Oriented Inquiry for Leaders 1 [3 credits] 

Fall 2: 

  • EAD 970: Organization and Governance [3 credits] 
  • EAD 967: Higher Education Policy Development and Analysis [3 credits] 
  • EAD 966C: Research Preparation [1 credit] 

Spring 2: 

  • EAD 976: Budget and Finance for Equity in Postsecondary Education [3 credits] 
  • EAD 964: Comparative Higher Education [3 credits] 
  • EAD 966D: Research Preparation [1 credit] 

Summer 3: 

  • EAD 937B: Equity-Oriented Inquiry for Leaders 2 [3 credit] 

Fall 3: 

  • EAD 998A: Dissertation in Practice 1 [4 credits] 

Spring 3: 

  • EAD 998B: Dissertation in Practice 2 [4 credits]