Educational Leadership

Notably, the GSE’s inquiry-oriented curriculum will focus specifically on the individual challenges and issues our students face as educational leaders. Students will read and critique research, analyze and discuss case studies, participate in simulations, practice communication skills, and conduct their own investigations of meaningful issues and problems.

Careers

Graduates of the Ed.D. programme who pursued the Educational Leadership concentration are prepared to be change agents in the educational communities they serve. Educators working in traditional K-12 school settings who complete the programme may go on to pursue roles including school superintendent, school principal, and other leadership roles at the school, district, or state level. The programme may also position graduates for advanced roles in higher education, such as professor, provost, dean, or school executive. Other opportunities exist outside traditional school settings, including nonprofit, government, and private consultant or advisory roles.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

• Students who complete this programme will exit having developed theoretical frameworks and critical perspectives needed to use research to both address issues, and effectively influence change in the educational communities they serve.
• The core courses of the Ed.D. programme will explore topics including the sociocultural foundations of education, the history of educational reform, and educational leadership as it relates to communities and organizational change, amongst others.
• Courses required for the Educational Leadership concentration will prompt deeper inquiry into subjects such as organizational theory, leadership and social justice, and assessment, data, and analysis.

Admission requirements

Academic requirements

• GRE® — Required. The GRE® General Test is a widely administered admissions test that measures the skills needed in today's graduate and business school programs worldwide. It contains three sections - Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, and Analytical Writing. Three scores are reported: a Verbal Reasoning score on a 130 - 170 score scale in one-point increments, a Quantitative Reasoning score on a 130 - 170 score scale in one-point increments, and an Analytical Writing score on a 0 - 6 score scale in half-point increments.

English requirements

• Duolingo English Test — 120
• TOEFL® iBT — 82
• IELTS — 7

General requirements

• Personal statement.
• Two letters of recommendation. One letter of recommendation is expected from a supervisor or former supervisor and one from a professor, or a former professor, or someone who can assess the candidate's potential for academic work.
• Official undergraduate and graduate transcripts.
• GRE

Tuition Fees

• International — 52,205 AUD / year (≈ 37,176 USD / year)
• Out-of-State — 52,205 AUD / year (≈ 37,176 USD / year)
• Domestic — In-State: 30,400 AUD / year (≈ 21,648 USD / year)

Living costs — New Brunswick, United States

1,691-4,161 AUD / month. The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.