Special Message from CPED Executive Director
Jill A. Perry

New EdD Design, Redesign, & Implementation Resources

New Resources Uploaded to the CPED Resource Center

CPED is excited to announce that we've updated the Resource Center for members with many new resources to download. These resources include research, essays, publications, learning modules, and presentation slides.

New Impacting Education Issue
Activating Activism: Promoting Activism Within EdD Programs

CPED is pleased to announce that a new issue of our peer reviewed academic journal - Impacting Education - is now available to read for free.

This issue's special theme is Activating Activism: Promoting Activism Within EdD Programs. The themed issue is designed to highlight the challenges, the work, and the results of both EdD graduates and faculty as it relates to activism and becoming change agents within their local educational communities and beyond. 

New Series
Equity and Justice for All

Content, Resources, and Events on Racial Justice in Educational Systems and Leadership

Following the recent killings of Rayshard Brooks, David McAtee, George Floyd, Ahmaud Abery, and Breonna Taylor, CPED Board Member and Dean of the School of Education at Portland State University, Marvin Lynn, asked:

What would it mean for our EdD students to pay more attention to issues of race and inequality in educational systems? 

CPED Statement on Police Brutality and Racism in the United States

Dear CPED Community,

The leadership of CPED stands in solidarity with Black and Brown communities, and we grieve with them for the injustices they have and continue to face. In 2009, the founding CPED membership placed equity, justice, and ethics as the first principle upon which EdD programs should be designed to prepare educational leaders. 

Ask Me Anything – A Supportive CPED Crowdsourced Webinar

Just like everywhere else, higher education has been highly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As the semester comes to a close and most of us are embarking on a summer semester teaching online, we would like to provide you with a supportive “just in time” webinar to help with your continued transitions to online instruction. 

Crafting the CPED Program of the Year Application

EdD Faculty Work as a Community of Practice

By: Deanna Hill, J.D., Ph.D. and Kathy Geller, Ph.D, Drexel University

CPED Colleague Named as Finalist for Brock Prize in Education Innovation

Dr. Stephen Pape - Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Stephen Pape was named as a finalist for the 2020 Brock Prize in Education Innovation for his leadership in designing and implementing an online EdD program at Johns Hopkins University. The online EdD program has the same rigor as a face-to-face program and is available to students globally. The innovation behind the design of JHU’s EdD program prepared scholarly practitioners to leverage leadership skills in creating a positive educational impact in all sectors of the 21^st century economy.

CPED Member Spotlight
University of South Carolina

By: Yasha Jones Becton

A Reflection on Teaching in Online EdD Programs

The CPED program design concepts state that mentoring and advising should be guided by: equity and justice, mutual respect, dynamic learning, flexibility, intellectual space, supportive learning environments, cohort and individualized attention, rigorous practices, and integration.

An Integrated Approach to EdD Coursework, Advising, and Research 

By: Toby J Park-Gaghan, Ph.D. & Courtney E. Preston, Ph.D.
Florida State University

The defining feature and key strength of Florida State University’s online EdD program in Educational Leadership and Administration is the integrated approach to coursework, advising, and research in practice culminating in the Dissertation in Practice (DiP).  Courses are designed around and sequenced in a manner that scaffolds toward the DiP.

Tips for Designing a new EdD in a Community College Leadership Program

By: Christine Harrington, PhD. 
Associate Professor and Co-Coordinator, EdD in Community College Leadership program at New Jersey City University

Developing and launching a new EdD program in a Community College Leadership program is an exciting yet overwhelming task.  As a faculty member and co-coordinator of a program that launched last summer, I thought I’d share some tips for those of you embarking on this journey.

New Ways to Connect with CPED Colleagues!

New Challenge Fridays, Blog, Webinars, and Community Forum Discussions

CPED strives to provide enriching collaborative learning and networking opportunities for our members. We’ve been doing this through convenings, meetings and workshops at other conferences, CIGs, and committees.

Program of the Year Award Winner Insights
University of Missouri Statewide Cooperative EdD Program

CPED’s Program of the Year Award (POY) is presented to distinctive and innovative programs. Explain how your program meets these qualities and the role each member in your team played in developing a program of this caliber.

Introducing: New CPED Facilitation Services

From Dr. Jill A. Perry - CPED Executive Director

What’s CPED Facilitation all about anyway?

In the last 12 years, the understanding of the EdD has shifted. The field of Education now, by and large, views the degree as a professional practice doctorate. CPED members have utilized our Framework to create programs that meet local contexts and professional practice needs. But as CPED grows, we still see new faculty and new programs struggle with understanding how to design EdD programs that look different than how they were trained or how programs have been modeled for nearly a century.

The University of Iowa Joins CPED

The University of Iowa recently joined the CPED consortium to enhance its EdD program. UI's EdD program was launched after the University's Board of Regents approved it in 2017. UI's EdD program is the Doctor of the Education in Education Policy and Leadership Studies. Please join us in welcoming The University of Iowa to CPED! 

Read this article from The Daily Iowan - UI's student newspaper - to learn more about their EdD program and why they joined CPED.

CPED Announces Winner of the 2019 Dissertation in Practice of the Year Award

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Suzanne Rodriguez from Fresno State University for being selected as the recipient of the 2019 Carnegie Project of the Education Doctorate (CPED) Dissertation in Practice Award! Dr. Rodriguez is being recognized for her work entitled, "The Urgency of Principal Professional Development and the Implications for Policy and Practice."

The CPED Dissertation in Practice Award Committee received numerous high-quality nominations, all of which were strong examples in the field. The purpose of this award is to honor scholarly practitioner work that adheres to the CPED definition of Dissertation in Practice (DiP):