Ph.D. in Educational Leadership Development and Learning Technologies

Drexel University’s Ph.D. in Educational Leadership Development and Learning Technologies is designed for those who aspire to be education researchers, university faculty, or research analysts. 

Through the program’s unique design, you gain the skills, knowledge, and experience necessary to be leaders and stewards of the field.  Graduates from this full-time, cohort-based program will be immersed in scholarly life and develop research and critical thinking abilities directed toward the creation of new knowledge, integration, and original application or teaching of existing knowledge and scholarly inquiry in their field of study.

A Distinguished Doctoral Program

Drexel’s Ph.D. in Educational Leadership Development and Learning Technologies distinguishes itself from other doctoral programs in education due to a curriculum with an emphasis on philosophical underpinning and theory-driven research. 

In addition to study in educational leadership, policy, and the foundation of education, the program provides extensive preparation in quantitative and qualitative research methods.  The program provides: 

• Deep scholarly knowledge of education and related areas outside of education.
• A broad understanding of various methods of inquiry in education and develop competency in several of those methods.
• Extensive knowledge of theory and practice.
• Excellence in teaching at the college level.
  
  
  

The Ideal Candidate

Applicants to the Ph.D. in Educational Leadership Development and Learning Technologies program are expected to have high aptitude for research and inquiry in the field of education.  The ideal applicant will express career interest in topics into which the faculty of the School are actively inquiring and researching. 

The assumption is that the most effective training for the Ph.D. stems from collaborative research and inquiry into topics of mutual interest by a capable student and faculty scholars and researchers.