Published February 28. 2026 08:55AM<\/p>\n
Alvernia University expands its doctoral portfolio with the launch of an online Ed.D. in transformative education, designed for educational leaders across PreK-12 systems, higher education institutions, intermediate units, nonprofit organizations and the broader educational industry.<\/p>\n
The 48-credit program is built for scholar-practitioners who want to mobilize people, data and resources to create equitable, forward-thinking learning environments.<\/p>\n
\u201cEducation leaders are being asked to navigate unprecedented complexity while keeping students and communities at the center of decision-making,\u201d said Senior Vice President and Provost Leamor Kahanov, Ed.D., ATC, LAT. \u201cAlvernia\u2019s new Ed.D. in transformative education reflects our mission-driven commitment to ethical leadership and a culture of care, preparing practitioners to lead meaningful change across learning environments.\u201d<\/p>\n
The need for adaptable, outcomes-focused leadership continues to grow as Pennsylvania and the nation respond to workforce disruption, demographic shifts and increasing demands for postsecondary credentials. Pennsylvania\u2019s statewide higher education strategic plan projects a credential gap of more than 200,000 by 2032 and notes that 65% of jobs require some type of postsecondary credential.<\/p>\n
In addition, the Pennsylvania Department of Education continues to identify educator shortage areas statewide, including shortages in grades 4-8 and special education.<\/p>\n
Designed for working professionals, Alvernia\u2019s Ed.D. in transformative education combines asynchronous online learning with scheduled live virtual sessions and structured residencies.<\/p>\n
As part of Alvernia\u2019s commitment to access and workforce-aligned education, the university will also extend a special introductory partnership opportunity for Pennsylvania community college partners interested in upskilling faculty and staff through the Ed.D. in transformative education. This will include a significant per-credit discount through Alvernia\u2019s Business and Community Partnerships program.<\/p>\n
The 48-credit curriculum includes a research core, education core and concentration-area electives that students personalize with program director approval. Instead of a qualifying exam, students complete a portfolio assessment that demonstrates readiness for dissertation work, followed by applied dissertation courses. Students may transfer up to 18 credits, including eligible doctoral-level coursework, select prior Alvernia graduate coursework and approved professional experience credits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published February 28. 2026 08:55AM Alvernia University expands its doctoral portfolio with the launch of an online Ed.D.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-126079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}