The Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership is designed for international educators in leadership positions. The program will utilize a combination of technology-based course work and summer sessions in Bethlehem, PA. Enrolled students who have had at least two years of supervisory experience in an international school setting will need to complete 48 credits of course work plus three dissertation credits. All students will need to maintain enrollment status after the course work is completed. Prior to proposal acceptance students must be enrolled for a minimum of 3 credit hours each fall/spring semesters. Once the dissertation proposal is accepted students must be enrolled for one credit during each academic semester.

AREA I - COURSE WORK (48 CREDIT HOURS)
Section A: Political Issues in International Schools  (Min of   9 credit hrs)
Section B: Management                                           (Min of 12 credit hrs)
Section C: Research Theory & Methods                 (Min of 18 credit hrs)
Section D: Instructional Leadership                         (Min of  9 credit hrs)

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AREA II - DISSERTATION
Candidates for the Ed.D. are required to present a dissertation prepared under the supervision of a professor in the Educational Leadership Program in the College of Education. The dissertation should embody results of original research, give evidence of high scholarship, and contribute to knowledge in the field of school leadership.

All students will need to maintain enrollment status after the course work is completed. Prior to proposal acceptance students must be enrolled for a minimum of 3 credit hours each fall/spring semesters. When the proposal is accepted students must be enrolled for one credit every fall/spring semester until completion of all degree requirements including the dissertation.

AREA III - INTERNATIONAL SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE (12 CREDIT HOURS)
Applicants who have had at least two years of successful service as a school head, principal, department chair, or specialist in an international school will receive twelve credits of graduate credits based on his/her experience.

RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT (CONCENTRATED LEARNING)
To fulfill the residence requirement for the degree, a candidate must complete two semesters as a full-time graduate student or at least 21 credit hours of graduate study within a fifeen-month period at Lehigh University. The residence requirement is intended to ensure that doctoral students spend a period of concentrated study and intellectual association with other scholars.

ED.D. PROGRAM:
48 Course credits + Dissertation + 12 Life Experience credits = Total 60 credits