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Doctor of Education Degree Programs
Doctor of education degree programs, commonly known as EdD degrees, refer to online, hybrid (a combination of online and on-campus work), or traditional on-campus degree programs. Each of these programs confers an EdD on successful completion of the course of studies. Requirements of an EdD degree in North America typically include coursework, a candidacy examination, and the oral defense of a dissertation of adequate scholarly quality. Like many other doctorates, international EdD degrees either follow the North American model or they can be entirely research based and, therefore, conferred on successful completion of a dissertation of acceptable quality. This entry will focus on North America and, in particular, the United States as this is where the EdD originated and remains most popular. The degree is ...
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