The Impact of the Doctorate : Perspectives from Senior Administrators in Post-Secondary Institutions.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

van Ingen, Barbara.

Series:

The Doctoral Journey in Education Series

The Doctoral Journey in Education Series ; v.13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership.

Doctoral students.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Summary:

This edited volume presents university leaders with degrees in Education, reflecting on their doctoral journeys and how these experiences shaped leadership, scholarship, and decision-making, offering a rich, collective narrative of professional growth, challenges, and insights within contemporary higher education.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

The Doctoral Journey in Education

Reference

Contributors' Quotes

Notes on Contributors

Post-secondary Senior Leadership

1 Structure of the Edited Volume

2 Purpose of the Edited Volume

3 Introducing the Contributing Authors

4 Concluding Thoughts

References

1 What Do You Need to Get Where You Want to Go?

1 Introduction

2 Turn Failure into Feedback

3 A Daily Commitment

4 Reclaim Your Locus of Control

5 Conclusion

Acknowledgements

2 Reflections on My Executive EdD Journey

1 When I First Thought about Earning a Doctorate

2 What Brought Me to My Research Topic

3 What Helped Me, along My Doctoral Journey

4 The Impact of My Doctorate

5 Three Suggestions for Doctoral Journey Success

3 The Doctoral Journey

2 When I First Thought about Earning a Doctorate

3 Forming My Research Topic

4 My Research Methodology

5 My Support System along the Doctoral Journey

6 How My Doctorate Has Impacted My Career

7 Doctoral Journey Lessons

7.1 Strategic Decision-Making

7.2 Shaping Organizational Culture

7.3 Leading through Influence, Not Just Authority

7.4 Relevance to the College and Polytechnic Sector

8 Suggestions for Aspiring Doctoral Candidates

8.1 Understand the Journey before You Start

8.2 Build a Strong Support System

8.3 Embrace the Learning Process Even when It's Uncomfortable

8.4 Be Intentional about Time Management

8.5 Know when to Move Forward

8.6 Recognize that the Doctorate Is Not the Destination, It's a Beginning

9 Final Thoughts

4 A Career in the Making

1 A Career in the Making: One Pioneer's Journey

2 Light Bulb Moments

3 The Impact of Mentors

4 The Doctoral Journey Begins

5 The Dissertation.

6 Lessons Learned

6.1 Lesson 1: Trust Your Inner Voice

6.2 Lesson 2: when a Door Opens, Walk through It

6.3 Lesson 3: Cultivating Resilience in the Face of Adversity

6.4 Lesson 4: the Power of Mentorship and Support Networks

7 Looking Ahead: Paying It Forward

5 Life-long, Part-time Learning in Pursuit of a Doctor of Education Degree

2 My Career Trajectory: Open Doors

2.1 My Late-Teen Years and 20s

2.2 My Early-30s: Private Sector

2.3 My Mid-30s and Early-40s: Paramedic Leader

2.4 My Mid-40s and Early-50s: Dean of School of Health and Public Safety, SAIT

2.5 My 50s: Executive Vice President Academic and Research, Lakeland College

2.6 My 60s and 70s: Semi-retirement Years

2.7 My Mid-70s: Retirement Years

3 My Initial Thoughts of Earning a Doctorate

4 Discovering My Research Topic

5 My Research Methodology

6 My Doctoral Journey Support Team

7 The Impact of My Doctorate

8 Three Suggestions for Doctoral Journey Success

9 Doorways to the Future

6 From Classroom Teacher to University President and Vice-Chancellor

2 Arriving at a Doctoral Degree

3 My Doctoral Research

4 Impact of My Doctoral Work on the Field

5 Doctorate Impact on My President and Vice-Chancellor Role

6 Three Suggestions for Doctoral Journey Success

7 What I Have Learned

7 The Unlikely Academic

1 Why a Doctorate?

2 Selecting a Researching Topic

3 Selecting a Research Methodology

4 Tools for Success

5 Impact of the Doctoral Degree

6 Suggestions for Others

7 Concluding Thoughts

8 A Doctorate

2 A Doctorate: Maybe I Can

3 Moving from MEd to PhD

4 Managing Your Graduate Studies

4.1 Break the Work into Chunks.

4.2 Less Inspiration, More Perspiration

4.3 Keep a Research Journal

4.4 The Literature Review Is Like a Party at Which You Arrive Late

4.5 Have the Difficult Conversations

4.6 Trust Yourself

5 Moving Up, Moving North

5.1 Non-professorial Pathways

6 Conclusion

9 The Journey to a Doctorate

1 Initial Thoughts about Earning a Doctorate

2 Arriving at My Research Topic

3 My Research Methodology

4 My Doctoral Journey Support System

5 The Impact of My Doctorate

7 A Final Note to Doctoral Students

Contributors' Thoughts upon Completion.

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Print version: van Ingen, Barbara The Impact of the Doctorate

ISBN:

9789004717411

OCLC:

1593371906