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Doctor of Philosophy in Education and Social Change
Annsley Frazier Thornton School of Education
“Education is the gateway to social justice”
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“Developing ‘change agents’ for our schools in need”
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Prepare a new generation of professional leaders and
researchers who can act with dispatch to address the
educational needs of our most at-risk population.
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Produce highly qualified graduates to work in a variety of
vocations including public, parochial and private school
administration, higher education, educational research,
and not-for-profit agencies.
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James Heckman
2000 Nobel Prize-winning Economist
“If we don't provide disadvantaged young children with
the proper environments to foster cognitive and
noncognitive skills, we'll create a class of people without
such skills, without motivation, without the ability to
contribute to the larger society nearly as much as they
could if they'd been properly nurtured from an early age.
The most economically efficient way to remediate the
disadvantage caused by adverse family environments is to
invest in children when they are young. Neglecting the
early years creates an underclass that is arguably growing
in the United States.
The family is the major source of human inequality in
American society.”
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Meet or exceed PhD requirements of other top
programs at highly selective universities
Use of logic models and reverse engineering in
program design targeting education in poverty
circumstances
Carefully select candidates of high ability and
potential for effecting change
Deep grounding in a curriculum area (i.e., special
education, literacy education, etc.)
Training in change management, diffusion of
innovations, & communications
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Vanderbilt University
University of Michigan
Indiana University
University of Louisville
University of Minnesota
Xavier University
U.C. Berkeley
University of Texas - Austin
Ohio State University
University of Georgia
University of Maryland
University of Southern California
Saint John’s University
DePaul University
Marquette University
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Research on Children Living in
the “Poverty Predicament”
A. Language Development
E. Early Interventions
B. Societal Perceptions of the Poor
F. Culturally Responsive
Instruction
F.1. Built on Students’ Assets
F.2. Strong Sense of Community
C. Family & Community Factors
C.1. Family Violence
C.2. Role Models
C.3. Parental Support
C.4. Substance Abuse
C.5. Parental Competence & Power
(Social Systems)
C.6. Mobility
D. Education Systems
D.1. Unresponsive/ standardized
education systems
D.2. Diffusion of Innovations
G. Access
G.1. Technology Resources
G.2. Technology-related skills (e.g.,
“New Literacies”)
G.3. Nutrition & Food Insecurity
G.4. Effective Teachers (PK-12)& School
Leaders (PK-12)
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Selected weekends per semester
(planned one year in advance)
Fridays: 5:30-10pm, Saturdays 8:30am-4:30pm
(plus online hybrid activities)
Comparable to program delivery models at Vanderbilt,
DePaul, U. Of Georgia, U. of Maryland, SMU…
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EDUG 858: Study Abroad/
Cross-Cultural Experience
In the summer of Year 2, our PhD
students participate in either a
• Study abroad experience, or a
• Cross-cultural (U.S.) experience …
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Areas of Concentration
(15 semester hours)
Special Education
Literacy/Reading Education
School Leadership
Individualized Plan
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Individualized Plan
(15 semester hours)
Q: What if you are not a certified teacher?
A: This program is also open to persons from
other fields who work in venues directly
related to educating the poor…
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The Ph.D. Dissertation
• Real people, real issues, real time
• Collaborative effort
• Poverty context
“At Bellarmine, what we choose to do we choose to do well…”
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Doctoral Programs:
Some Cost Comparisons
The Bellarmine Ph.D. - $650.00 per hour +
$35 course fee per class = $1985 per class, $3,970/sem.
• Depaul U. = $865 per hour + fees, ~$7,785/9 sem. hours
• Vanderbilt U. (Ed.D.) = $1,125 per hour, $10, 125/sem.
• Spalding U. = $735 per hour, $2,205 per course, $4,410/6 hours
• U. of Dayton = $797 per hour, $7173/sem.
• U. of Louisville = $508 per hour, $4,572/9 sem. hours
• U. of Kentucky (Ed.D.) = $607 per hour (part time) + fees
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Financial Aid
Submit financial aid application (FAFSA) at
www.fafsa.ed.gov with school code 001954
Financial Aid opportunities:
•Most aid in form of student loans
•Yellow Ribbon Program –VA benefit
Financial Aid information sheet included
with application packet
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Priority Application
Deadlines
Summer 2011 Cohort – April 15
Spring (January) 2012 Cohort – October 14
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Questions & Answers
“We are all pencils in the hand of God…”
- Mother Teresa
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