该计划于1983年8月在南卡罗来纳州立大学实施，旨在通过有效的表现，反思性的决策和人文主义的实践，培养具备在公立学校中产生并保持高学术成就所需的知识，技能和性格的毕业生。1986年6月，南卡罗来纳州教育部使用由美国国家教师教育和认证主任协会（NASDTEC）制定的标准，批准了Ed.S. 和埃德。D.授予初级和中级校长和学历证书的学位课程。1986年12月，由于教育质量的原因，南方学院与学校协会（SACS）向南卡罗来纳州立大学授予了IV级认证。教育管理学士学位课程。埃德。S.学位课程的学习有两种选择。选项I
The programs were implemented at South Carolina State University in August 1983 and strive to produce graduates who possess the knowledge, skills and dispositions required to produce and maintain high academic achievement in the public schools through effective performance, reflective decision-making and humanistic practice. In June 1986, the South Carolina Department of Education, using standards developed by the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC), approved the Ed.S. and the Ed. D. degree programs for granting elementary and secondary principal and superintendent certification. In December 1986, the Southern Association for Colleges and Schools (SACS) granted Level IV accreditation to South Carolina State University because of the quality of the Ed. D. degree program in Educational Administration. The Ed. S. degree program of study has two options. Option I requires a minimum of 45 semester hours of graduate study beyond the Master's Degree to complete requirements for the degree as well as principal and superintendent certification. Option II requires a minimum of 33 hours of graduate study beyond the Master's Degree to complete requirements for the Degree as well as principal and superintendent certification.