Contextualizing Doctoral Education for Leadership Education and Development within Institutions and Degree Types

Abstract

The need for a more specialized and professional workforce is growing, and doctoral programs within the United States are addressing the need with record-breaking increases in conferred doctoral degrees. As leadership education and development is a critical component of doctoral education, the current paper explores the context of doctoral education by examining classification systems for doctoral degrees and doctoral institutions. Recommendations for integrating leadership programming based on these classifications are presented.