{"id":2004,"date":"2024-10-18T16:38:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T16:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/edd\/?page_id=2004"},"modified":"2025-11-05T20:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:17:39","slug":"2024-cohort","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/edd\/2024-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the 2024 Ed.D. Cohort"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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S<\/span><\/span>outhern Arkansas University is excited to welcome the 2024 Cohort into the Doctor of Education in Rural and Diverse Educational Leadership program. This year\u2019s cohort consists of 38 diverse professionals who bring a wealth of experience across K-12 education, higher education, and specialized organization and community leadership roles. Students represent not only Arkansas but six other states, with 30% coming from outside the state lines. These states include Alaska, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia.<\/p>\n

The 2024 cohort includes a wide array of educational professionals, including higher education administrators, K-12 principals, assistant superintendents, instructional specialists, and faculty members. Each student brings unique expertise to the program, reflecting a shared commitment to transforming education in rural and diverse communities.<\/p>\n

The Higher Education leadership group features prominent and aspiring leaders, such as Emily Swain<\/strong>, Dean of Middle College at Fairmont State University in West Virginia. Swain is at the forefront of launching a first-of-its-kind program aimed at helping foster youth in West Virginia earn their high school diploma and an associate degree. “Through the Ed.D. at SAU, I will be better positioned to take on the complex policy and social issues surrounding this particularly vulnerable population and lead transformational change,” she shares.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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“Through the Ed.D. at SAU, I will be better positioned to take on the complex policy and social issues surrounding this particularly vulnerable population and lead transformational change.”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Emily Swain<\/strong>
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