This article describes an innovative doctoral program that prepares students to become expert leaders in educational administration. The program integrates curriculum through an applied inquiry, clinically oriented, field-based model. To ensure accurate assessment, student performance is judged according to theoretically grounded categories and is based on multiple evidences.
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