College of Education Handbook of Policies and Procedures
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership
Page 17 ( 2006-2007 Edition)
C. Written Comprehensive Exam
Near the end of the second year of each cohort member's work, the students will be required to pass a written comprehensive exam based on themes covered in the core courses of the program. The student must pass all areas of the exam prior to defending his/her final dissertation proposal and attaining advancement to candidacy status. The themes to be used in the examination items are as follows:
- Area A - Leadership, organizational theory, and change
- Area B - Research applications (qualitative and quantitative)
- Area C - School and university culture
- Area D - Policy, politics, and ethics
- Area E- Law, finance, and economics
- Area F - Comparative and international education
The examination questions in each exam item will be prepared and graded by two or more faculty members with expertise in the area. Each item will be graded "Pass" or "No Pass." When all exam items are passed, the student will receive a pass for the comprehensive exam.
Students receiving a "No Pass" in two or more areas must arrange with the Doctoral Program Director to retake the exam in each of those areas. When all areas are "passed" as reported to the Doctoral Program Director by professors reading the questions, the student will be certified as "Passed."
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