Educational Leadership (Ed.D.) | Palm Desert Campus

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.)

The Doctorate of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership is a program framed around questions of equity, ethics, and social justice to bring about solutions to complex problems of practice. The program is designed to prepare educational leaders with the knowledge base and skills to lead reform efforts that result in improved student outcomes and educational transformation, particularly for our Inland Empire region.

This 3-year cohort-based program meets the needs of full-time professionals in the field of education, either PreK-12 or Community College/Higher Education careers. Courses are conveniently offered on weekends, Friday 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Students attend every other weekend in Fall and Spring semesters, and every weekend during the Summer semester.

Students commonly attend Friday sessions through streaming (Zoom); and are expected to attend in-person Saturday sessions at the main CSUSB San Bernardino Campus. Students are encouraged to identify a field-based problem of practice for their dissertation research that is relevant to their educational institution or community.