Doctor of Education - Executive Educational Leadership

Plan Description

The Doctor of Education - Executive Educational Leadership degree focuses on novel creative solutions to current and future educational challenges as it develops the knowledge and skills of mid-career public school leaders for their current and future leadership positions.  This program utilizes a problem-based learning approach that consists of a series of compressed thematic seminars in which emphasis is placed on identifying and developing advanced solutions to real-life professional problems.  Additionally, this program incorporates interaction between students and faculty to determine the precise content and problems of practice that will be pursued under each broadly defined theme.  

For more information about your program, including your graduate program handbook and learning outcomes please visit the Degree Directory.

Plan Admission Requirements

Application deadlines

Applications available on the UNLV Graduate College website.

1. A master’s degree from a regionally accredited program in educational leadership  or an​ area closely related
2. Official copies of all college transcripts
3. Three letters of reference
4. Satisfactory composite scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
5. Employment records verifying a minimum of three years professional experience in leadership position equivalent to Principal or above (Final determination to be made by department faculty)
6. Letter of Interest
7. Resume or Vita
8. Written statement of leadership philosophy
9. Proof of writing ability (as demonstrated in response to writing prompt in application)
10. Successful interview with program faculty (all applicant will be interviewed face-to-face)

All domestic and international applicants must review and follow the  Graduate College Admission and Registration Requirements. 

Students are accepted into a degree program as described in the Graduate Catalog. The faculty and corresponding sub-disciplines and sub-plans within the described programs are subject to change at any time.

Plan Requirements

Total Credits Required: 60

Degree Requirements

1. Students must complete a minimum of 60 credits of approved course work with a minimum GPA of 3.00.

Plan Graduation Requirements

The student must submit and successfully defend their dissertation by the posted deadline. The defense must be advertised and is open to the public.

After the dissertation defense, the student must electronically submit a properly formatted pdf copy of their dissertation to the Graduate College for format check. Once the dissertation format has been approved by the Graduate College, the student will submit the approved electronic version to ProQuest. Deadlines for dissertation defenses, format check submissions, and the final ProQuest submission can be found here. 

Students may apply for graduation up to two semesters prior to completing their degree requirements. All required forms must be submitted to the graduate college via the Grad Rebel Gateway.