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Oakdale Campus

School of Education
Location: Education South Building
Phone: 631-244-3286
Fax: 631-244-5036
Office Hours:
Mon-Thu: 9:00am - 8:00pm
Fri: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Location: Education North Building
Phone: 631-244-3051
Fax: 631-244-1028
Office Hours:
Mon,Wed,Fri: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Tue,Thu: 9:00am - 7:30pm

Student Teaching Placement and Certification
Location: Education South Building
Phone: 631-244-3310
Fax: 631-244-5036
Office Hours:
Mon-Fri: 8:00am - 5:00pm

The Center for Minority Teacher Development and Training
Location: Education North Building
Phone: 631-244-1070
Fax: 631-244-1170
Office Hours:
Mon-Fri: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Brookhaven Campus

The School of Education, Department of Educational Administration, Leadership, and Technology
Location: A 207
Phone: 631-244-1347
Fax: 631-244-1377
Office Hours:
Mon-Fri: 9:00am - 5:00pm
The Doctorate in Educational Administration
Program Highlights

The program faculty will review the supporting materials submitted with the application for admission. The applicant will be notified of the admission decision and will progress to matriculated doctoral student status. Matriculated students have a limit of seven calendar years from the date of initial matriculation in the program within which all requirements for the doctorate must be completed. Students who are accepted will agree to the cohort concept and will continually register for courses with the cohort of students with which they enter the program.

Program completion requirements include:
  • Successful completion of a minimum of 90 graduate credits, 66 of which must be taken at Dowling College in the Ed.D. program;
  • Successful completion of a Digital Portfolio;
  • Successful completion of a doctoral level dissertation with oral defense.


Two cohorts of twelve candidates are admitted annually after careful screening of application documents and a personal interview with the selection committee. These cohorts remain together for the duration of the program. A collegial study environment allows ample opportunity for professional sharing and cooperative activity. Campus seminars, study teams and computer conferencing among the members and with the instructors further this goal.

Each module is taught by a team of full-time professors who are experienced practitioners and researchers. They provide the cohort members with a balance of sound theory and practical application. Discussion of researchable topics begins immediately with dissertation choices, made by the end of the first module. Critical social issues are discussed with cohort members at frequent intervals that stimulate the consideration of significant research topics.