Challenges in (Re)designing EdD Programs: Supporting Change with Learning Cases

This review assesses Dr. Jill Perry's (2023) text Challenges of (Re)Designing EdD Programs: Supporting Transformation Through Case Learning in terms of its relevance to its intended audience of educational practitioners and its contributions to the field. By spotlighting the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) -associated teaching cases, it examines each for insights into the redesign process and offers meaningful discussion questions for further reflection. Addressing challenges like equity integration, defining research roles, and managing program differences, Perry’s text assesses their impact on EdD program development. It emphasizes the need for cohesive, outcome-oriented program development and positions case-based earning as a practical tool for faculty development and for promoting critical thinking. The text urges readers to reflect on these cases and uses them as an instrument for fostering discussions on EdD program design challenges in an effort to ideally guide institutional transformation.