Building, Sustaining, and Expanding the Education Doctorate at Peabody College: An Administrative View
Peabody Journal of Education, Vol. 84, No. 1
Catherine Gavin Loss
Peabody College of Vanderbilt University
This article examines the operational and administrative underpinnings of Vanderbilt University's Ed.D. program. It explores the ways in which the admissions process, program orientation, and other academic and support services were reconceived when Peabody College formally launched its redesigned Ed.D. program in the summer of 2004. Further, it situates the mission of Peabody's education doctorate-the training and preparation of practitioner-scholars in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary settings-within the context of program administration.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Catherine Gavin Loss is a lecturer in public policy and education in the Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations at Vanderbilt University. She is director of the Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) Program and coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership and Policy (Ed.D.). Catherine earned her Ph.D. in 2005 from the University of Virginia where she specialized in the history of American education.
