Coordinator: Dr. Jerry Starratt, Campion Hall 229, 617-552-1961
At the doctoral level, Boston College offers the Doctor of Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree in Educational Administration. The Ed.D. program is not accepting students for summer 2008, but will be admitting students for summer 2009.
Ed.D. Program
The Professional School Administrator Program (PSAP) was developed by the University over three decades ago as a means of providing an opportunity for full-time working elementary, secondary, and central office school administrators to pursue doctoral study. While doctoral programs in educational administration at Boston College have as a goal the critical integration of theory and practice, PSAP offered a distinctive opportunity to link theory and practice in a student's actual workplace. Students in the PSAP program worked as a cohort and completed all of the same academic requirements for a doctoral degree as other doctoral students in Educational Administration.
The cohort program is designed to allow participants to finish their course work and their dissertation in three years. This is possible because the program structure assigns mentors to the participants and expects participants to do action research in their work setting from the day they start the program. This approach results in meaningful research that is connected to the course work and workplace.
Residency Requirement
To insure the quality of their educational experience, Ed.D. students are required to spend at least one academic year "in residence." Residency is designed to allow students to be immersed in the intellectual community of the university. Students in PSAP fulfill their residency requirements by participating in all available academic and professional activities associated with the program during their three years of coursework.