Antioch University joins Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate

Antioch University has joined CPED, a consortium of more than 165 colleges and universities focused on strengthening the Education Doctorate. The move expands collaboration around Antioch’s practice-based EdD as the university looks to deepen its social-justice-centered doctoral model.

Why it matters: - Antioch University’s CPED membership ties its Doctor of Educational and Professional Practice to a national and global network focused on practice-based doctoral education. - The affiliation gives Antioch more opportunities to collaborate on how the Education Doctorate prepares scholar-practitioners to solve real-world problems. - The partnership reinforces Antioch’s emphasis on social justice, interdisciplinary learning and leadership in practice.

What happened: - Antioch University joined the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate, or CPED. - CPED is a consortium of more than 165 colleges and universities working to strengthen the Education Doctorate. - Antioch’s Doctor of Educational and Professional Practice is designed for experienced professionals who want to apply research and leadership skills in their fields. - Lesley Jackson, Department Chair and Founding Faculty Member of the Doctor of Educational and Professional Practice, called the CPED acceptance a milestone for the program’s students, faculty and alumni. - Amy Rutstein-Riley, Dean of the School of Interdisciplinary and Professional Studies, said the partnership expands opportunities for Antioch’s faculty, students and alumni to learn with a global community of scholar-practitioners.

The details: - CPED describes itself as a collaborative professional learning community that prepares scholarly practitioners to use research, professional knowledge and disciplined inquiry to address persistent problems of practice. - Antioch said its EdD has grown over six years into a transdisciplinary community focused on complex challenges and meaningful change. - CPED has spent nearly two decades advancing a vision of the EdD as rigorous, relevant and grounded in practice. - As a CPED member, Antioch will join faculty, students, alumni and administrators from institutions around the world in shared inquiry, scholarly exchange and collective improvement. - Antioch said it will contribute to ongoing conversations about the future of the Education Doctorate while strengthening its own approach to preparing leaders who generate knowledge in practice and improve systems for the public good. - Students entering Antioch’s doctoral programs may be eligible for the President’s Doctoral Fellowship. - The fellowship provides awards of $12,000 based on prior academic performance and work/life experience. - The award is paid equally over the first two registered years of a student’s program. - Recipients must stay enrolled full-time, make academic progress each term and complete each course to keep receiving the scholarship. - More information is available on the program webpage.

Between the lines: - Antioch is using CPED membership to validate a model that blends scholarship with practice and centers social justice. - The move also positions Antioch inside a larger conversation about what professional doctoral education should look like as schools rethink leadership preparation. - The partnership may help Antioch attract students and collaborators who want a doctoral path tied to applied impact rather than traditional academic research alone.

What's next: - Antioch will participate in CPED’s shared inquiry and scholarly exchange with member institutions. - The university will continue developing its distinctive EdD model while adding perspectives from the CPED network. - Antioch said it will keep working to prepare leaders who improve organizations and communities through practice-based knowledge.

The bottom line: - CPED membership gives Antioch University a stronger platform for its practice-based EdD and its broader mission to advance social, racial, economic and environmental justice.