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Educational Leadership Doctoral Students to Defend Dissertations
October 13, 2008
MACOMB, IL -- In August, the first three students in Western Illinois University's educational leadership doctorate degree program successfully defended their final dissertations. This month, three more students will defend their final doctoral dissertation. The students who successfully defend will graduate Dec. 20, marking the first Ed.D. degrees awarded at Western.
Lonna Anderson, director of curriculum at Oskaloosa (IA) Community Schools, will defend her dissertation, "Analysis of the Implementation of a Special Education Consultative Co-Teaching Model in Iowa High Schools," at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 in Horrabin Hall 116 on the WIU-Macomb campus.
Robert Dyer, the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for the Moline (IL) School District, will defend his dissertation, "A Comparative Study of the Teaching of School Culture in Selected Prinicipal Preparation Programs in Illinois," at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28 in Horrabin Hall 116.
Chad Allaman, superintendent at Central 511 in Washington (IL), will defend his dissertation, "The Effect of Response to Intervention on Student Achievement in Selected Illinois Elementary Schools," at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30 in Horrabin Hall 60.
The first cohort of WIU doctoral degree students started with a class of 25 in August 2006, one year after the North Central Association Higher Education Commission, the accrediting agency for colleges and universities, approved Western's Educational Doctorate (Ed.D.) degree in Educational Leadership for elementary and secondary school administrators in the greater western Illinois region.
The doctoral program courework consists of 43 semester hours over a three-year time frame. The second cohort began in June 2007, while the third cohort began this June. As part of the program, each student works with a specific low-performing school/district in Western's service region as part of the program's partnership with public education.
Additional information on the Ed.D. in educational leadership can be obtained from the department of educational leadership website at wiu.edu/edleadership or by calling the department at (309) 298-1070.
Posted By: Darcie Shinberger (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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