The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate

The Initiative:

Supported by:

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• Seeks: Two, Clear, Distinct, Different Approaches to Doctoral Education
• Works: Across CADREI Institutions; Collaboratively Develop New Professional Practice Doctorates
• Uses: NBPTS Assessment Model: Outcomes/ Expectations Focused (Where Applicable)
• Appreciates: the current efforts of others such as University of Southern California & Peabody College, Vanderbilt University

Who We Are:

CPED members are institutions who are committed to working together to undertake a critical examination of the doctorate in education with a particular focus on the highest degree that leads to careers in professional practice.

“Today, the EdD is perceived as 'PhD-lite. More important than the public relations problem, however, is the real risk that schools of education are becoming impotent in carrying out their primary missions to prepare leading practitioners as well as leading scholars. The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate is working to ensure that the academy moves forward on two fronts: rethinking and reclaiming the research doctorate (the PhD) and developing a distinct professional practice doctorate (the P.P.D.), whether we continue to call it an EdD or decide to give it another name.”
— Lee S. Shulman, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

“The Council of Academic Deans from Research Education Institutions is pleased to be a partner in the CPED project. Having effective doctoral programs that meet the needs of our multiple constituencies is at the heart of what we do in Schools and Colleges of Education in Research Intensive Universities. As an organization we are committed to working together to help all of our members continue to improve our programs.”
— Richard L. Schwab, President, CADREI