Columbia International University

EdD - Educational Leadership

Description

The Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership is designed to meet your professional development needs as a Christian school leader. Birthed from CIU's long-standing commitment to Christian school education, the Ed.D. program aims to develop you as a Christian school leader who will lead, model, think, communicate, and research with excellence. In short, you will grow in your ability to enhance God's kingdom work in Christian schools, and to represent Christian education perspectives in the broader society. The first cohort of students will be admitted during Spring 2004 to begin the first class in July 2004.

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Resident Faculty

Gordon Brown (Ed.D. University of Miami) Gordon Brown, director of the Doctor of Education program, joined the CIU resident faculty in 2003. He previously served as Provost of Simpson College since 1989. He brings twenty years of Christian school administration experience to his instructional su... more

Jim Watson (Ph.D. Ohio State University) Dr. Jim Watson currently serves Columbia International University as a professor in the Graduate School. Dr. Watson's teaching focuses on classroom assessment, educational research and organizational behavior. He teaches in the Ed.D., M.Ed. and M.A.T. pro... more