Whether you are entering the field, growing into leadership, or deepening your impact as an experienced professional, The William Davidson School offers graduate programs that connect rigorous learning to real-world leadership across Jewish communal life.
Our programs are designed for people who want their learning to matter—to their work, their communities, and the Jewish future they are helping to shape. Students engage in applied study, reflective practice, and cohort-based learning that supports growth over time and across career stages.
Through partnerships with Teachers College, Columbia University, and Union Theological Seminary, students benefit from exposure to leading thinkers in education, leadership, and religious life—bringing multiple perspectives into conversation with Jewish wisdom and lived professional experience.
Master of Arts (MA)
The MA in Learning and Leadership is designed for emerging leaders and experienced professionals who want to deepen their practice while continuing their work.
Across Jewish communal, organizational, and educational settings, leaders are increasingly called upon to design meaningful learning, facilitate growth, and navigate complexity. The MA prepares leaders for this work by developing reflective practitioners — professionals who study their practice, learn from experience, and refine their approach over time.
Graduates notice how learning unfolds. They design with purpose, facilitate dialogue across difference, and lead organizational change. This reflective stance enables them to adapt, deepen their expertise, and contribute meaningfully wherever they serve.
The program is currently in development.
Executive Doctorate (EdD) in Leadership and Change
The Executive Doctorate in Leadership and Change is a practice-driven, cohort-based doctorate for experienced professionals who are already leading—and want to deepen how they lead.
Designed for working leaders across educational, communal, nonprofit, and organizational settings, the EdD bridges rigorous thinking and real-world application. Students bring their own leadership challenges into the program, using scholarship, reflection, and applied research to strengthen their work and expand what’s possible in their institutions and communities.
Rooted in Jewish wisdom and responsive to contemporary complexity, the EdD supports leaders who want learning that sharpens judgment, builds confidence, and generates meaningful impact—while staying fully engaged in their current roles.
