Welcome to the web site of the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at Appalachian State University! We invite you to investigate the various aspects of our program.
A distinguished American educator and past director of this program wrote that:
Educators cannot afford to be wedded to one perspective of education. Each new day knowledge bombards us, faster and in greater volume than ever before. Therefore, whatever is said today about doctoral programs and educational leadership, let alone universities, has a good chance of being obsolete in three to five years. What will have a long lasting impact on education is a pattern of creating communities of practice. Professional degree programs are somewhat over one hundred years old. Today, one-fifth of all doctorates awarded are Ed.Ds. Leaders and potential leaders in our educational institutions are drawn back to school in large numbers, partially to renew their communities of practice, to learn from each other, and to test what they have learned in their work settings.
Alice P. Naylor, Ph.D.
Appalachian's Doctoral Program is designed as cohort model primarily for working educators from all sectors of the professional realm. We encourage effective communication, cooperation, and collaboration; we value and promote diversity at all levels. We prepare our cohort members to be change agents, informed consumers of research, and proactive contributors to their professions and communities.
For more information:
Dr. Jim Killacky
Director, Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership
Reich College of Education
730 River Street
ASU Box 32038
Boone, NC 28608-2038
Phone 828-262-3168
Fax: 828-262-2128
killackycj@appstate.edu
