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STEPHENVILLE, Texas\u2014Tarleton State University is one of 22 new schools accepted into the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED), making it one of only eight Texas colleges invited to join.<\/p>\n
A group of more than 100 universities headquartered at the University of Pittsburgh, CPED works to strengthen and improve education doctoral programs worldwide in order to better equip professional practitioners to meet current educational challenges. CPED acceptance follows a competitive application and evaluation process.<\/p>\n
\u201cSelection to the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate is an exciting milestone for Tarleton,\u201d said President F. Dominic Dottavio, \u201crecognizing the excellence of our program and our commitment to learning at all levels.\u201d<\/p>\n
Currently, CPED members are redesigning the Ed.D. to make it a stronger and more relevant degree for the advanced preparation of educational practitioners and clinical faculty, academic leaders and professional staff for the nation\u2019s schools and colleges and the learning organizations that support them. Member institutions and their faculty learn from and with each other at biannual meetings.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur acceptance into the CPED consortium is a giant leap forward,\u201d said Dr. Tod Allen Farmer, head of Tarleton\u2019s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Program. \u201cTarleton\u2019s doctoral students, whether in higher education or K-12 leadership, will enjoy the quality associated with CPED status and benefit from the international prestige that comes with the Carnegie name.\u201d<\/p>\n
Current enrollment in Tarleton\u2019s doctoral program in educational leadership (Ed.D.) is up 13 percent with 137 students. Designed to meet the schedules of full-time professionals, the 63-hour, cohort program is available at the university\u2019s Stephenville campus as well as at outreach centers in Fort Worth and Waco. Courses have online and lecture components.<\/p>\n
Other Texas CPED members are Lamar University\u2014invited to join this year\u2014Baylor University, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Texas Tech University, University of\u00a0 Houston and University of North Texas.<\/p>\n
To learn more about Tarleton\u2019s doctorate of educational leadership, go to programs.tarleton.edu\/doctoral\/edd-educational-leadership\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n For a list of all CPED members, including those accepted this spring, visit www.cpedinitiative.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tarleton, a member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow\u2019s professional leaders. With campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.<\/p>\n #<\/p>\n Contact: Dr. Tod Farmer, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Program Tarleton State University is one of 22 new schools accepted into the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED), making it one of only eight Texas colleges invited to join.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[423,425],"tags":[430,437,438,457,459],"class_list":["post-29674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-campus-community","tag-academic-affairs","tag-college-of-education","tag-college-of-graduate-studies","tag-tarleton-state-fort-worth","tag-tarleton-state-waco"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1796-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Academics & Research<\/a>","Campus & Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Academics & Research<\/span>","Campus & Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Academic Affairs<\/a>","College of Education<\/a>","College of Graduate Studies<\/a>","Tarleton State Fort Worth<\/a>","Tarleton State Waco<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Academic Affairs<\/span>","College of Education<\/span>","College of Graduate Studies<\/span>","Tarleton State Fort Worth<\/span>","Tarleton State Waco<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 9 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 12, 2017","modified":"Updated on January 12, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 12, 2017 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on January 12, 2026 11:26 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Red CPED logo with text: \"The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate.\"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54770,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29674\/revisions\/54770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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