High Bridge Resident Daniel Gallagher Earns Doctorate in Educational Leadership at College of Saint Elizabeth

Candidate is Principal of Bound Brook High School

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Daniel Gallagher, resident of High Bridge and principal of Bound Brook High School, will receive his doctorate from the College of Saint Elizabeth in May.

MORRISTOWN, NJ (04/13/2011)(readMedia)-- Daniel Gallagher of High Bridge, N.J., has successfully defended his dissertation at the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J., to earn his doctorate in educational leadership. Gallagher's dissertation is entitled, "School Culture: Responding to Changing High School Demographics." Gallagher is principal of Bound Brook High School.

"My experience in the Ed.D. program at the College of Saint Elizabeth has been absolutely wonderful," says Gallagher. "I learned a great deal from the coursework and the professors."

Gallagher holds a master's degree in educational leadership from Saint Peter's College and a bachelor's in physical education from Kean University. Under his helm, Bound Brook High School has been transformed from a school "In Need of Improvement" to one continuously obtaining "Annual Yearly Progress." He and his wife, Barbara, have two children, Ashley and Fintan.

The doctoral program at CSE, which is dedicated to preparing leaders who are committed to social justice and ethical practice, began in August 2007. "Integrated into all course work and learning activities are the central values and beliefs necessary for school leaders to function as morally purposeful stewards for their school communities," states Dr. John Crews, Ed.D., CSE educational leadership program chair. "This philosophy of servant leadership represents a major shift from the traditional paradigm of school leaders as managers of resources, which is so prevalent in today's practices."

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, New Jersey, the College of Saint Elizabeth enrolls more than 2,100 full- and part-time students in more than 25 undergraduate, 10 graduate and one doctoral degree programs. For information on other activities or programs, visit the College of Saint Elizabeth web site at www.cse.edu.