The Students

Program graduates and current doctoral students include educators and allied professionals from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Many of them work in schools from pre-kindergarten through high school (as teachers, administrators, psychologists, guidance counselors, or speech-language-hearing specialists). Others work in settings that focus on teacher preparation, educational policy, or research.

• Applicants must possess a Master's degree in education or an allied field (e.g., psychology) or at least 30 graduate credits from a regionally accredited institution of higher education. The graduate level work must include three credits in each of the following areas a) educational foundations, b) curriculum, and c) research. Each applicant must submit a minimum of three letters of recommendation, Graduate Record Exam scores no older than 5 years, and official transcripts of all previous study. Applications are due annually around the end of January for September admission.
  
• Students without such a master's degree must pass a Qualifying Examination after completing Year One in the Program.
  

The majority of students hold full-time positions, which they usually maintain during their years in the Ph.D. Program. After finishing the Program--or, in some cases, while still in the Program--many students either move to new settings or change roles within their current settings, enabling them to draw upon the new skills and perspectives gained from the Program.

Meet the Graduates of the Program