Leadership requires training.
Earn an EdD engineered to empower change.
Even small changes in education can create a large impact. And although many possess the heart and desire for action, transforming a recognized need into a successful reality requires skilled stewardship. The doctoral program at Concordia focuses on developing prepared reflective practitioners who are also transformative leaders able to drive change effectively towards advancing education at every level.
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Concordia University-Portland College of Education
What will I learn?
Our courses are practical and influenced by ongoing research from our innovative College of Education to help you gain valuable decision-making skills through rigorous, intensive project-based learning, and purposeful collaboration. Graduates will be able to effectively:
- Use systematic inquiry to improve classroom and school practice
- Lead organizational change using empirically developed and proven strategies
- Share resources and ideas in small research communities
Our innovative, three-phase program can be completed in just three years.
Scholarships available
We offer up to $6,000 in scholarships, and right now, you may qualify* for free textbooks.
Our Doctorate of Education Concentrations
EdD in Administrative Leadership
for those interested in public or private sector professional and institutional management.
EdD in
Higher Education
includes an emphasis on both higher education administration and teaching to prepare servant-leaders.
EdD in
Instructional Leadership
helps develop the knowledge, ability, and capacity to positively impact practice, programs, and policy.
EdD in
Professional Leadership, Inquiry, and Transformation
offers candidates the ability to design a customized program of study.
EdD in
Transformational Leadership
for individuals who want to advance in business, organization, and church leadership.
Why Concordia
As innovators in the field of learning, Concordia University-Portland’s College of Education has been empowering teachers for over a century and continues to influence education from prenatal to the doctoral level. In fact, our College of Education is housed in the flagship school of our new educational model, known as 3toPhD®. The same bold minds behind this innovative prototype are also those shaping our ongoing educational research, and our undergraduate and graduate programs. We’re growing our community of professional educators to advance learning at every stage—join us.
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Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of Concordia University-Portland’s commitment to combine the highest-quality academic products and services with the highest level of integrity. It is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use, and safeguard the personal information you provide. This document will help you in making informed decisions when using our site, products, and services and will be continually assessed against new technologies, business practices, and our customers’ needs.
In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, no one under 13 years of age can use the website. If you are a minor between the ages of 13 and 18, you may use the site only in conjunction with your parent, legal guardian, or other responsible adult.
As described below, we will use some of your personally identifiable information for the purpose of contacting you regarding the information that you have requested. Personal information means information relating to a living individual who is or can be identified either from that information or from that information in conjunction with other information that is in, or is likely to come into, our possession. By using the website, you expressly consent (1) to our use of your personal information and (2) to our disclosure and use of this information in our efforts to contact you and for continued marketing efforts by our school and agents charged with communicating with our customers and potential customers, as well as for other purposes stated herein. You acknowledge that communications to, from, and through this website are not confidential. You agree that by submitting communications through this website, no confidential, fiduciary, contractually implied or other relationship is created between you and this website other than pursuant to this Privacy Policy. Should you wish to change, update or delete your information, please contact us at [hc_widget error: parameter "ID" missing].
We may change how we collect and then use personal information at any time and without prior notice, at our sole discretion. We may change this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting the changed Privacy Policy on this website. We will also update the revision date of this Privacy Policy. You should periodically review this Privacy Policy for any changes or updates.
What information do we collect?
We collect personally identifiable information you voluntarily choose to disclose and aggregate information that is automatically collected when you visit the website.
Personally identifiable information refers to information that tells us specifically who you are and is collected when you choose to request information from our school. This information can include your name, address, phone number, current email address, programs of interest and other information you choose to provide. If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain your email address and messages together with our responses.
Like many websites, we use “cookies.” Cookies are small programs that we transfer to your hard drive that allow us to recognize you and to pass information about your website visit to different portions of this website. By using this website, you consent to our use of cookies unless you disable cookies using your browser or other method. We do not change our practices in response to a “Do Not Track” signal in the HTTP header from your browser (or, if applicable, mobile application). If you do not want us to use cookies, you can easily disable them by going to the toolbar of your web browser, and clicking on the “help” button. Follow the instructions that will prevent the browser from accepting cookies, or set the browser to inform you when you receive a new cookie. In addition, you may visit this and other websites anonymously through the use of utilities provided by other private companies.
Aggregate information is automatically provided by your computer and cannot be tied back to you as a specific individual. Examples include:
- Referral data (the websites you visited just before and just after the web site)
- Date and time of your visits
- Pages viewed and time spent at the website
- Browser and platform type (e.g., a Firefox browser on a Macintosh platform)
- Internet Protocol (IP) address. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer on the Internet
How do we use the personal information you provide us?
Broadly speaking, your personal information is used for the purpose of contacting you regarding educational opportunities and products offered by our school. We may store your information for the purpose of communicating with you about the programs and services offered by our school and send you updates if and when they become available. We also use personal information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing customer service, and making other products and services available to our customers and prospective customers. Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to the website, new services, and special offers we think you will find valuable.
Sharing information with third parties
We do not share or sell your information to any third parties or other universities outside the Concordia University System; provided, however, that we may share your information with our authorized third party service providers for the sole purpose of communicating with you on our behalf regarding educational programs and services. We cannot and do not make any representations about the practices and policies of these companies, and they are not subject to our Privacy Policy. Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers and application providers. These third parties may use cookies [alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies] to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
How do we protect your information?
Encryption/security software safeguards the confidentiality of personal information we collect. This software provides a limited degree of protection against unauthorized access or disclosure, as well as accidental loss, alteration or destruction. No method of transmission over the Internet, and no method of storing electronic information, can be completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your transmissions to us and of your personal information that we store.
Do we comply with legally compelled disclosure of information?
We may release any private information about you that we possess when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; to enforce or apply our Privacy Policy and/or other agreements; or to protect the rights, property or safety of us, the site users or others.
What about other sites linked to this one?
Please be aware that once you leave the site and enter another website, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by these sites, nor the information or content contained therein. Please read over the rules and policies of these sites before proceeding.
Last revised: July 1, 2016.