ACE Ed.d program dissertation

[Coachr21]

Hi everyone , anyone with experience with the ACE Ed.d dissertation know if it has to be an IRB approved case or is a content analysis / project a possible option, the admissions person I spoke to had no idea what IRB was.

I would hazard a guess and put my money on non-IRB so long as you recruit participants at will and gain proper consent. At least that's how we do it here and I've heard of similar cases in the UK.

You might want to ask for the contact of the program coordinator to be sure.

Thank you for the reply, I am struggling to pick between a few schools for my doctorate cause my school district won’t approve a dissertation where I would have to use my or other teacher’s students. I could use like a church / Sunday school  or my friends / family but I don’t know if IRB would ever approve it.