Abstract
A great deal of attention has been focused recently on the issue of how best to restructure school leadership preparation in order to meet the educational challenges anticipated over the next decade. In response to this concern, a number of universities have within the past several years initiated school leadership preparation reforms at the Master's degree, professional certificate, and doctoral degree levels. Often a written record of these program reform initiatives has also been prepared and published so that others might learn from the experience. This article adds to this program restructuring literature by describing how a doctoral studies reform initiative was conducted at one higher education institution, the University of Kentucky. The initiative was supported by the involvement of the University of Kentucky as a participant in Cycle IV of the Danforth Program for Professors of School Administration. The case record as it is presented is enhanced by a concluding reflective commentary that describes additional program refinements developed after the curriculum revision was implemented over a two-year period.
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