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Tom Hayden's avatar

To your point, Dr. Horton's dissertation was basically him talking to his friends about being principals in turnaround schools. I wouldn't say it was super rigorous and contains some elements that are borderline plagiarism, but I've definitely seen worse.

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Penny's avatar

Someone needs to write a book about the Education-Credentialing complex. Interview subjects help their aspiring Doctors put together thin gruel dissertations. They get the Doc degree and payback their friends with consultancy contracts, etc…

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Tom Hayden's avatar

To be fair to education folks, you should see the business PhDs that get awarded these days. Bigger problem than just EdD - general weakening of rigor and inflation of grades

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