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Christa Reyes; Jingshun Zhang – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2024
Prospective doctoral students face a daunting challenge choosing between Doctor of Education (EdD) programs and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Education due to programmatic ambiguity, inconsistency, and ill-defined career alignment (Carpenter, 1987; Perry, 2012; Shafer & Giblin, 2008). This qualitative study employed comparative analysis to…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, National Standards, Degree Requirements
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Murphy, Corinne M.; Verden, Claire – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2011
Graduate students must complete a research project to receive their degree. In addition to this basic requirement, the student may be required to submit a research proposal and application to the governing Institutional Review Board (IRB) for approval prior to beginning the research project. This article describes the IRB process and offers tips…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Research Projects, Student Research, Degree Requirements
Lumina Foundation for Education, 2011
With the assistance of four writers and dozens of expert reviewers, Lumina Foundation for Education offers the first step in creating a Degree Qualifications Profile for American higher education. The Degree Profile is a baseline set of reference points for what students should do to earn associate, bachelor's and master's degrees--regardless of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Prior Learning, Profiles, Qualifications
Adelman, Cliff; Ewell, Peter; Gaston, Paul; Schneider, Carol Geary – Lumina Foundation for Education, 2011
Through this document, Lumina Foundation for Education offers a "Degree Qualifications Profile," a tool that can help transform U.S. higher education. A Degree Profile--or qualifications framework--illustrates clearly what students should be expected to know and be able to do once they earn their degrees--at any level. This Degree…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Profiles, Qualifications, Academic Degrees
Maricopa Community Colleges, 2010
This handbook is designed to help teacher education students as they learn about the teaching profession and their responsibilities as a student taking teacher preparation course work. It is hoped that the handbook helps them to avoid delays and roadblocks in the pursuit of their goal to become a certified teacher. Since there are several degree…
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Certification, Course Selection (Students)