Pursue Your Passion for Lifelong Learning
Are you committed to improving the education system in a challenging time? Collaborate with adult learners, leaders, and scholars like you in the School of Education at Trident University International and lead the charge for change.
The EdActive™ Learning Approach can help to sharpen your critical thinking and is designed to help prepare you to become a leader in a variety of both traditional and nontraditional education settings.
Our 100% online academic degree programs are designed to fit a busy lifestyle while providing a quality education. School of Education degree programs include:
- The goal of the Master of Arts in Education (MAED) degree program is to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed for ethical and effective leadership careers in the field of education, staff development, and training. The MAED degree offers the following concentrations: adult education and training, athletics administration, aviation education, curriculum and instruction, early childhood education, elementary/secondary education leadership and administration, higher education leadership and administration, and K12 online teaching and learning.
- The online Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Leadership is designed for current and emerging leaders, both in traditional and non-traditional educational environments who are looking to lead complex learning organizations. These leaders include individuals who currently hold or are seeking leadership positions within colleges and universities, educators in non-traditional K-12 environments, and professionals in various non-profit and government settings.
- The Ed.D. Degree Completion program is designed to help students who started a doctoral program at another institution, but for one reason or another, were unable to complete their program and are seeking another university where they can complete their doctoral program.
- Trident's Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Educational Leadership degree program is designed for developing new leaders who respond and transform schools into active and effective learning communities, while nurturing the abilities of others toward a vision of excellence for every student demographic group. The Ph.D. EL degree program offers the following concentrations: educational technology, health education, higher educational leadership, and teaching, learning and development.
Trident’s Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Leadership
has been named on The Princeton Review’s 2026 Best Online Doctor of Education Programs list. This honor reflects TUI’s focus on structured curriculum, faculty support, and student experience.
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American InterContinental University System is a member in good standing of the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP), a national accrediting organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. AAQEP accreditation affirms that a program prepares effective educators who continue to grow as professionals and that the program has demonstrated the commitment and capacity to maintain quality. AAQEP has reaffirmed full seven-year accreditation for the educator preparation programs of the AIU System. This includes Trident’s Master of Arts in Education, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Leadership, Ed.D. Degree Completion program, and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Educational Leadership. AIUS will host its next AAQEP site visit prior to June 30, 2033, to maintain accreditation.
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