“…The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) has endorsed and supported the (re)design of EdD programs. CPED-guided institutions have worked to redesign the EdD to be more relevant for the advanced preparation of educational practitioners who serve as leaders (Buss, 2018a;Buss, Zambo, Zambo, Perry, & Williams, 2017;Perry, 2012;Perry & Imig, 2008;Perry, Zambo, & Wunder, 2015;Zambo, Zambo, Buss, Perry, & Williams, 2014). To achieve these ends, faculty members in CPED-guided programs have utilized six CPED Guiding Principles for Program Design and six Program Design Concepts (CPED, n.d.) as they designed and delivered practitioner-oriented EdD programs.…”