Education reform has changed the face of the classroom, and today, more than ever, our school leaders are expected to deliver measurable results. Jones International University created its Masters and Doctorate of Education in K-12 Education Leadership programs for educators with the passion, vision, and focus to not only meet these new challenges, but who are commited to excellence and affecting positive change.

Our curriculum balances the study of theory with the practice of leadership in schools. Our students do not complete their program merely by reading and writing in their home offices. Instead, each student completes professional synthesizing projects, professional leadership development reports, and a dissertation that require him/her to apply classroom learning in practical ways - all under the guidance of supervising professors who are both scholars and successful practitioners. Our graduates emerge confident and fully prepared to make a difference in their learning communities.

The prime objective of our EdD program is to graduate successful and influential K-12 leaders who are critical thinkers - with exceptional knowledge, skills, and integrity - who are able to apply theory to the creative and innovative solution of practical education problems.


Among the highlights of JIU's EdD program:

100% online - providing you with the flexibility and convenience to earn your degree while balancing other professional and personal commitments.

Designed to be completed in as few as three years.

Exclusive parallel mentoring track features a guided, iterative process to help each student to move more effectively and efficiently toward the completion of his/her degree.

A synchronous weekend, conducted online, is scheduled once a year during your program to allow for in-depth topics to be explored and boost collaboration/teamwork.

Round-the-clock access to extensive resources in JIU's renowned e-global library, as well as online tutorials developed specifically for doctoral students.

The customer comes first. The best and brightest leaders in any organization share one common secret: If you take care of your customer, success will follow. Despite most companies' claim that they are customer-centered, most organizational structures are, in fact, product-driven. But times are changing. This program examines the paradigm shift in business assumptions about the customer and enables you to implement important structural changes designed to meet the needs of your organizations customers - both external and internal. Our core MBA curriculum in business, ethics and leadership fundamentals provides the perfect foundation for this highly-valued specialization.

Students pursuing this specialization will:

Learn how to assess customer needs and expectations and develop customer-driven goals, strategies, and standards as they contribute to a company's bottom line.

Apply effective leadership strategies and coaching to a variety of contexts, whether you work in teams, in front of a large audience or in situations of crisis or conflict.

Identify, evaluate, and respond effectively to the socio-economic, political, cultural, environmental and competitive forces pushing firms and industries to become global.

Who should enroll: Business leaders and those seeking positions of leadership and influence within customer-centric organizations will find this degree program especially valuable. Typical students include CEOs, COOs and other executives who seek to empower their sales and service teams, global or international sales directors, director of sales and service, territory sales directors as well as sales and/or service managers, as well as those aspiring to such positions. The expertise gained from this progressive specialization can be applied to any field or industry that has internal or external customers. Combine the functional knowledge gained in the MBA program with the leadership skills that will help you and your organization to excel.