Having just finished my last paper for the Spring semester, I thought I would reflect on my first year as a doctoral student. Even though the readings and papers were seemingly endless, the Ed.D. program has really flown by over the past year. I guess it’s difficult to tell time when there is no real break in the action.
The program at Peabody is really more manageable and appealing than what I had expected. Even going into this past semester (which is becoming legendary as the most difficult of the entire program), I wasn’t that stressed out. Sure it was hard, but that’s what doctoral programs are supposed to like, right? But no matter how difficult the classes, papers, and projects have been, I am actually learning, and more importantly, I am learning how to integrate the theories and applications in my current professional position. Developing professionals is what an Ed.D. is all about, and I doubt any program in the country does as well at this as Peabody.
- Landon C. Clark
Congratulations on completing your first year of the Ed.D. program! I completed two semesters of an Ed.D. program in Organizational Leadership at Pepperdine University, but it was not a great fit for my career goals so I have since been pursuing other options. It sounds like the Peabody program is quite challenging and life changing — too bad I am in Los Angeles! By the way, I found your blog because WordPress considers it “related” to one of my earlier posts, “Published Paper: Thought Leaders on Leadership” in which I shared a paper I wrote (and subsequently had published) while in the Ed.D. program. You can find it at http://doctorious.org/2008/03/12/published-paper-thought-leaders-on-leadership/