Redesigning the EdD through Dialogue, Diversity, and Collaboration

The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate

We're a collaborative network of over 145 schools and colleges of education. Our mission is to transform the Education Doctorate (EdD) by making it more practical and applicable for educational leaders across various sectors. CPED Member institutions design their EdD programs to be rigorous and directly relevant to real-world challenges, equipping graduates with the skills and knowledge to drive meaningful improvements in the field of education.

The Knowledge Forum 

CPED is the Knowledge Forum on the EdD. Program designs are supported through a curated set of resources, national data about programs, and Impacting Education: Journal for Transforming Professional Practice (IE), the peer-reviewed, open-source academic journal of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate.

Network and Knowledge = Professional Development 

CPED guides its members in critically examining the EdD through dialog, experimentation, critical feedback, and evaluation. Through professional development opportunities and a wide range of resources, member institutions learn to (re)design their EdD programs to better serve practitioners while networking with a supportive and resourceful professional community.   

Member opportunities for professional development include: 

  • Annual Convenings, the Carnegie signature activity 

  • Monthly virtual learning events 

  • Design materials and resources  

  • National data about EdD designs and practices 

  • Opportunities for collaboration across a vigorous network 

  • Newsletters, books and journal publications  

  • Social media connections 

  • CPED Interest Groups 

  • Facilitation services 

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Vision and Mission

We envision a future where equity-minded educational professionals lead lasting and positive change for the learning and benefit of everyone. The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) transforms the advanced preparation of educational professionals to lead through scholarly practice for the improvement of individuals and communities. 

History

With the support of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) under the leadership of then President Dr. Lee Shulman and the backing of the Council for Academic Deans of Research Education Institutions (CADREI), The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) began in 2007. With 25 member institutions and a small pot of funds from the Carnegie Foundation, CPED created an ambitious goal to redesign doctoral preparation for professional practitioners. Today, CPED is an active international network with over 145 member institutions.

 

Membership

Broad and diverse membership is central to CPED’s success. Annually, CPED invites schools and colleges of education from around the world to join its 135+ member institutions in the work of transforming the EdD into the professional practice doctorate in education. Through professional development opportunities and a wide range of resources, CPED member institutions and their faculty learn to redesign their EdD programs to better serve practitioners. Benefits of membership include a professional development network that supports schools and colleges of education in EdD program design, annual Convenings, virtual events, resources to access national data, opportunities for collaboration and publication.

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The Framework©

Through a collaborative, authentic process, members of CPED developed a Framework for EdD program design that supports creating quality, rigorous practitioner preparation while honoring the local context of each member institution. The three-part Framework for EdD redesign includes a new definition of EdD, a set of guiding principles for program development, and a set of design concepts that serve as program building blocks. CPED members are often at different phases in the process; as they engage in the consortium, they utilize the Framework© to design/redesign, evaluate, and improve their programs.

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Our Book Series: The Coming of Age of the Education Doctorate

The mission of The Coming of Age of the Education Doctorate series is to present volumes of research and work focused on the redesign of the Education Doctorate (EdD) and the past 16+ years that faculty and schools of education around the US and the world have made to professionalize this degree for the advanced preparation of educational practitioners. Specifically, this series will highlight efforts to enhance and enrich the purpose, curriculum, and milestone experiences in the EdD in addition to highlighting the work of those who have graduated from redesigned EdD programs. If you are interested in submitting a book proposal, please review the call here.

 
 

From the Members

"Involvement in CPED afforded us the opportunity to participate in a national conversation about our EdD program. Our EdD program has been completely redesigned to embrace the CPED guiding principles. The program is now designed to improve students' leadership practice, influence the practice of others, and impact the organization's outcomes. Further, the program emphasizes research and theory to inform practice, decision-making, and solutions that result in better organizational and professional outcomes.”

-Grant Hayes, Dean, University of Central Florida

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Job Board

Hiring? Looking for your next career opportunity? Explore or promote job opportunities on the CPED Jobs Board! Colleagues can log in to share or discover job opportunities across the consortium.

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