Introduction to the Doctoral Program
Appalachian's Doctoral Program strives for an organizational structure that serves as a model for students who will create, lead, and change educational organizations in the real world.
The cohort model of education is central to the doctoral program. Each year a cohort of a dozen students is selected. The cohort members come from a diverse cross-section of educational and professional work environments. The cohort structure allows for collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches to the fusion of educational scholarship and practice. We work from the assumption that these scholars need more than ever to interact at leadership levels. This Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership offers a forum for such interaction, through coursework, internships, and scholarly research. Graduates of the program aspire to and occupy leadership roles in all educational sectors throughout the United States and abroad.
We value coursework and other scholarly exchanges in which student and faculty knowledge are collectively assembled to ultimately inform social change.
