View our EdD Early Childhood specialization completion requirements
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
- Core courses (50 cr.)
- Capstone (10 cr.)
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
Courses
In the EdD Early Childhood Education specialization, you’ll build skills and progress toward your final capstone project in every course.
Disclaimers: Walden students have up to 8 years to complete their doctoral program unless they petition for an extension.
In general, students are continuously registered in the dissertation/doctoral study course until they complete their capstone project and it is approved. This usually takes longer than the minimum required terms in the dissertation/doctoral study course shell.
To complete a doctoral dissertation, students must obtain the academic approval of several independent evaluators including their committee, the University Research Reviewer, and the Institutional Review Board; pass the Form and Style Review; gain approval at the oral defense stage; and gain final approval by the Chief Academic Officer. Students must also publish their dissertation on ProQuest before their degree is conferred. Learn more about the dissertation process in the Dissertation Guidebook.
For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-937-8785.
Courses
PhD completion program courses help you return to doctoral work, match with an advisor, and stay on track to finishing your dissertation.
Disclaimers: Walden students have up to 8 years to complete their doctoral program unless they petition for an extension.
In general, students are continuously registered in the dissertation/doctoral study course until they complete their capstone project and it is approved. This usually takes longer than the minimum required terms in the dissertation/doctoral study course shell.
To complete a doctoral dissertation, students must obtain the academic approval of several independent evaluators including their committee, the University Research Reviewer, and the Institutional Review Board; pass the Form and Style Review; gain approval at the oral defense stage; and gain final approval by the Chief Academic Officer. Students must also publish their dissertation on ProQuest before their degree is conferred. Learn more about the dissertation process in the Dissertation Guidebook.
For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-937-8785.
Courses
Develop the skills and confidence you need to tackle complex managerial challenges, contribute new knowledge, or teach at the graduate level.
Courses
Develop the skills and confidence needed for complex managerial challenges and research with Walden’s ACBSP-accredited PhD program.
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Dani Babb has been teaching Business, Statistics and Information Technology since 1997, and continues to be challenged by the rapid change in education and technology. Her PhD is in IT and Leadership from Capella University (2004), and she earned her MBA with an IT Emphasis from The University of Redlands. Dani regularly publishes in academic journals and is currently focusing her work on pay and job satisfaction in the online education industry. She is the author of ten books, including her most recent published in 2015 on teaching online. She is a television commentator, speaker and presenter and runs a small business out of California and NYC. Prior to her current work, she was an IT Director and VP of IT for companies in California.
MGMT 9000 - Doctoral Dissertation
SBSF 7100 - KAM
PhD, Capella University
MBA, University of Redlands
BS, University of CA at Riverside
Homeowners Association, Board of Directors - Orange County
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Wright-babb, D. L. (2021). Effective cybercommunication with online adjunct faculty. International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership
Wright-babb, D. L. (2021). Handbook of research on inclusive development for remote adjunct faculty in higher education.
Wright-babb, D. L. (2018). The Relationship between Simulation Strategies and Exit Exam Scores: A Correlational Assessment of Glo-Bus and Peregrine. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Wright-babb, D., Dereshiwsky, M. (2016). Working conditions for online adjunct professors: a survey study.
Wright-babb, D. L. (2022). “We’ve got trouble in cyber-city:” Identifying sources of online adjunct faculty stress and how to reduce them [Presentation]. Baker University
Wright-babb, D. L. (2022). “We’ve got trouble in CyberCity: A quantitative analysis of online faculty stressors and implications for the post-COVID-19 classroom [Conference session]. Innovations in Learning
Wright-babb, D. L. (2022). They work hard for the money:” What online adjunct faculty say about sources of stress and how leaders can help them.. Aspen University
Wright-babb, D., Dereshiwsky, M. (2016). Working conditions for online adjunct professors: a survey study.
Wright-babb, D., Dereshiwsky, M. (2016). Working conditions for online adjunct professors: a survey study.
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