WKU Educational Leadership Program Selects Third Cohort Of Students For Doctorate

May 20, 2009

Bowling Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University’s doctoral program in educational leadership has selected its third cohort of students.

The third group of students will begin the program in July and will complete it in December 2012.

Students selected are: Corey Alderdice of Bowling Green, Ky.; Kimberly Anderson of Buffalo, Ky.; Sidney Carthell of Murray, Ky.; Adam Cross of Owensboro, Ky.; Margaret Crowder of Franklin, Ky.; Donna Dietz of Wingo, Ky.; Audrey Harper of Bowling Green, Ky.; Margie Edwards-Haygood of Louisville, Ky.; Tim Gott of Bowling Green, Ky.; Donna Hey of Bowling Green, Ky.; Leann Howell of Hartford, Ky.; Jennifer Huskey of Rockfield, Ky.; Daniel Lavit of Murray, Ky.; Yi-Hsien Lin of Russellville, Ark.; Lauren Martin of Greenville, Ky.; Denise Perdue of Hopkinsville, Ky.; Leigh Anne Roden of Summer Shade, Ky.; Gregory Ross of Paducah, Ky.; Tamela Smith of Bowling Green, Ky.; Christopher Tinius of Bowling Green, Ky.; and Kim Vickous of Bowling Green, Ky.

The Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership, WKU’s first independent doctoral degree program, was approved in February 2008 by the Council on Postsecondary Education. WKU admitted its first cohort of students in July 2008 and its second cohort in January 2009.

WKU’s interdisciplinary program develops “practitioner scholars” in four specialty areas – Administrative Leaders, Teacher Leaders, Postsecondary Leaders and Organizational Leaders -- equipped to assume leadership roles in the multiple venues where education takes place and to work with educational partners to improve academic performance and increase learning at all levels.

Using blended delivery methods, including traditional face-to-face classroom settings, distance-learning formats, online platforms and on-site practicum settings, the WKU program makes it possible for students to remain in their current professional positions while completing the doctoral degree.

More information about the program is available online at http://edtech.wku.edu/programs/doctorate/index.htm
               
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