Myrna wrote: His degree was Masters Degree in Education Administration, K-12, from Brigham Young University. He then received his Educational Specialist Degree, also from BYU, which was a new program they were just starting. It was a step up from a Masters but was about 16 hours (four or five classes) and a dissertation away from a doctorate. One of those classes was one on how to prepare for a doctorate.
Educational Specialist, or Ed.S., is a degree in the U.S. that is designed for those who wish to develop advanced knowledge and theory beyond the master's degree level, but may not wish to pursue a degree at the doctoral level. Since the course work in an Education Specialist degree is at the doctoral level universities will transfer the credits earned directly into a doctoral degree (Ed.D, Doctor of Education).
Myrna wrote: That is exactly what he said then and just repeated now. He also added that he would have had to rely on my reading and re-reading that dissertation and was not sure he wanted to put me through that. I would not have minded and still would not. However, I am not certain my English grammar skills are up to that level of inspection.
