Education Doctoral Program Goals

The Educational Leadership for Diverse Learning Communities (Ed.D.) program is designed to prepare highly qualified and effective practitioners and professionals, including teachers, administrators and counselors, individuals in higher education, and future curriculum experts and instructional leaders who will advocate for programs and policies for diverse learners. In addition, these practitioners and professionals will contribute to the advancement of knowledge concerning the organizational, structural, and cultural conditions that are vital for providing educational equity and promoting student learning in educational institutions in response to the increasing educational needs of diverse Birth-16 (birth, early childhood, elementary, secondary and post-secondary) students in inclusive settings. Providing leadership and advocacy for diverse learner needs is the central focus of the doctoral program at Molloy University.