Collectively Crossing the Great Divide: Doctoral Students' Experiences in an Accelerated Cohort Program

• In Event: 28.069 - Current Considerations in Leadership Preparation Programming

Abstract

This study aimed to understand the social, intellectual, and professional growth experienced by doctoral students in a redesigned, compressed Doctor of Education degree cohort program in educational administration. The research questions were: (1) How do doctoral cohort students enrolled in the accelerated cohort program perceive the benefits of new key components, and (2) How do doctoral cohort students develop leadership skills and practices socially, intellectually, and professionally in key focal areas of the compressed program? Two key findings emerged: (1)Key components of the redesigned program led to increased self-efficacy in leadership skills, behaviors, and dispositions as a result of working within the cohort, and (2) Key components of the redesigned program facilitated dissertation topic and writing development.

Authors

• Kimberly Jamison, The George Washington University

• Abebayehu Aemero Tekleselassie, The George Washington University