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I just heard that they will have two different doctorates from next year. Ed.D. - a fully funded research doctorate (= PhD from other schools) Ed.L.D. - a 3-year practitioner's degree (= their current USP degree) I personally like this system.

Ed.L.D. is distinguishable from Ed.D., so the new policy can clear up the confusion by setting up the two different doctorates?

Just for your information, all Ed.D. students at Harvard are "guaranteed" for full financial support (including stipend through work) up to 5 years. I don't know about the USP program.

I don't think this is officially announced yet, though their new policy is quite substantial enough to post job ads (admin positions) to hire people for their new EdLD program. I wonder if they would discontinue the current Urban Superintendents Program and channel the demand of practitioner's doctorate to the new EdLD. I like what they are doing, anyway.

I just heard that Harvard Grad School of Education will be installing a new doctoral program called Ed.L.D. (Doctor of Education Leadership), a 3 year practitioner doctorate, very soon. I think Ed.L.D. is designed mainly to prevent any occasional confusion about HGSE's traditional academic Ed.D. as something similar to other schools' practitioner Ed.D., by having something different. They seem determined to continue their academic Ed.D. tradition. I personally like their decision. If their academic Ed.D. gets even more and more competitive with this year's admissions rate around 7%, there is no reason to alter their academic Ed.D. tradition. What do you think? By the way, is there any other education "Ph.D." program that has that low acceptance rate near 7%? I'm curious. Maybe Stanford?

7% !!! Unbelievable!

The annual tax is not ignoble in considering this issue at all. Paying several K's every year can be painful while in a graduate program.

I know some do have. I would search the information on their websites. Why don't you start from Williams, Amherst, Smith, etc.?

Acceptance Rates: HGSE Ed.M.: 50-60% HGSE Ed.D.: 10-16% They used to post on the HGSE website the numbers of applicants and the admitted for each degree program, a while ago. I do not know why they don't reveal such important and helpful information any more.

Yes, Harvard Ed.D. = Ph.D. Their Ed.D. is a very highly respected academic doctorate. And I know their Ed.D. acceptance rate is now around 7% (which is about the same as Harvard College admission rate); very difficult to get in. When they reject a doctoral application, they ask if you would be interested in a master's program instead. Their offer for master admission, even if you applied for the doctoral program, is then a polite circumlocution of rejection. (FYI, Harvard Ed.M.'s acceptance rate is around 50%).I did my Ed.M. at Harvard, so know a little bit about their doctoral program. I also heard that the research training required of their doctoral students is very rigorous and demanding. Overall, given that Harvard is usually ranked top in educational studies, a Harvard Ed.D. is one of the most respected research doctorates in the field (equivalent to, or much better than, education Ph.D.s from other universities). Some Harvard Ed.D. holders are tenured professors even at non-education departments such as Stanford University's Business School or University of Chicago's Department of Sociology (U of Chicago is always ranked 1st in sociology). Some of them (whose concentrations are in counseling psych or developmental psych) got their jobs at psychiatry, pediatrics, and medical education departments at various medical schools including Harvard and Tufts meds. There is no doubt about the academic reputation of Harvard Ed.D. even outside of the field.