Doctor of Education in Leadership for Educational Equity, Urban and Diverse Communities

Program Details

What you'll learn

Urban communities are complex and diverse, often represented in oversimplified ways in modern literature and the media. University of Colorado Denver's Doctor of Education (EdD) concentration in urban and diverse communities prepares practitioners in P-12, post-secondary, and community settings to lead for impact and change through:

• A complex and contextualized view of urban and diverse communities
• A strengths-based understanding of the experiences of families, children, and their communities
• An understanding of policies and practices in housing, employment, urban development, and education
• An understanding of the cultural and historical realities and identities of diverse communities
• An understanding of relevant and applicable critical and social theories
• A disposition to work alongside, and with, local communities
• The leadership skills for supporting systems development and change
• The experience of completing a doctoral research project dissertation.

Choose CU Denver's School of Education & Human Development

You can trust CU Denver to provide an education that will prepare you for excellence in your career as a leader who understands the value, complexities and unique opportunities of urban and diverse communities. The university and school are recognized for preparing leaders of distinction who value educational excellence and social justice. Additionally, CU Denver's School of Education & Human Development is counted among U.S. News & World Report's “Best Graduate Schools,” making us one of the top education schools in the country.

Courses

The 54-credit program begins each summer.

The curriculum includes a combination of on-campus, hybrid, remote, and online courses each semester.

Every student must be available to attend on-campus courses each semester.

The curriculum includes the following elements:

• 12 hours in EdD core courses within equity, leadership and learning core areas (four 3-credit courses)
• Nine hours in the research core (three 3-credit courses)
• 12 hours in the concentration areas (four 3-credit courses)
• Six hours of elective courses (two 3-credit courses)
• 15 hours in seminars and the completion of a doctoral research project

All courses and experiences strive to expose students to context-specific best practices, interdisciplinary connections, and applied research in an environment that stresses the application of theory to practice. The EdD program has been designed to enable students to complete program requirements in three or five years.