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Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership

Take Your Career to the Next Level

Elevate your leadership skills, deepen your understanding of critical and contemporary education issues, and learn to help solve the current challenges in P-20 education.

Learn to Inspire Change

The Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership from Manhattanville, offered in partnership with Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES, utilizes a forward-thinking approach to educational leadership that is ideal for practicing and aspiring leaders in any educational context. It is designed to support the goals of educational professionals who seek to develop their leadership skills for career advancement or current job enhancement. 

Ready to become a leader among leaders?

Start your journey to an EdD degree and learn to bring integrity, vision, and knowledge to today’s most pressing educational leadership challenges.

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Why Choose a Manhattanville EdD? Three separate pathways allow you to pick the program option that is right for you. Distinguished, scholar-practitioner faculty who offer personalized attention focused on your professional and scholarly growth. Our cohort model means you’ll earn your degree alongside other highly accomplished, change-oriented professionals. Designed for full-time, busy professionals like you, and is available online or in person. Small student-to-faculty ratio. Active alumni network—many of whom occupy key leadership roles in the region’s education sector.

Signature Pathway

Designed for individuals who aspire to lead in a PreK-12 public, private, parochial, or independent school setting or at a related educational nonprofit or entrepreneurial venture. This pathway uses a synchronous hybrid cohort model.

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Dissertation Completion (ABD) Pathway

Designed for students who were previously enrolled in an accredited educational leadership doctoral program, but have not yet completed their dissertation. This pathway uses a synchronous online cohort experience.

Higher Education Leadership Pathway

Designed for professionals seeking leadership positions at higher education institutions including colleges and universities, state education agencies, or post-secondary-related non-profits. This pathway uses a synchronous online cohort experience.

Signature Cohort 10

Dr. Jamal Doggett '22

Dr. Doggett was the recipient of the Mary K. Humphreys Endowed Scholarship in Special Education for 2021. Dissertation: Examining the Efficacy of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports in an Urban School Distract: A Mixed Methods Case Study 

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Dr. Sagrario Rudecindo-O'Neill '22

Dr. Rudecindo-O'Neill was the inaugural recipient of the Judith Johnson Memorial Award. Dissertation: A Critical Qualitative Study of White Elementary School Principal's Perception of Race and Leadership in an Era Of CRT Backlash

EmpowerEdD

The EmpowerEdD Leadership Fund is a valuable and impactful way to support the Manhattanville University Doctoral Program. Donations to the Fund provide much needed assistance for special programs and events and enable us to honor and celebrate the achievements of our graduates. It is a highly beneficial and remarkable opportunity to give back to the Doctoral Program and celebrate the success of our students.  

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Signature Cohort 12

Dr. Hope B. Weinberg '23

Dr. Weinberg was the recipient of the Ethel Kennedy Award for Human Rights for 2023.

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From Castles to Tassels

Where Our Docs are Today

The Manhattanville Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership has been transforming educational institutions P-16 over the last decade. Over 150 doctoral students and more than 175 graduates are leading schools, colleges, and universities in the region and beyond. This map represents our regional impact. Enjoy exploring our dynamic doctoral community.

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