{"id":204498,"date":"2014-09-22T09:04:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T13:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=204498"},"modified":"2023-09-11T09:12:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T13:12:01","slug":"neag-school-launches-deans-doctoral-scholar-program-four-years-of-full-funding-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2014\/09\/neag-school-launches-deans-doctoral-scholar-program-four-years-of-full-funding-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Neag School Launches Dean\u2019s Doctoral Scholar Program, Four Years of Full Funding Available"},"content":{"rendered":"

In response to UConn\u2019s university-wide academic plan, the\u00a0Neag School of Education<\/a>\u00a0has established a competitive\u00a0Dean\u2019s Doctoral Scholar<\/a>\u00a0program that will provide fully-funded scholarships to outstanding doctoral students joining Neag in the Fall 2015 semester. In addition to full tuition remission, the students will receive a generous stipend and the opportunity to work shoulder-to-shoulder with proven visionaries and leaders in their field.<\/p>\n

The idea for the program was sparked by the Neag School\u2019s academic plan. Named\u00a0Our Time: UConn\u2019s Neag School of Education Path to Excellence<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>the plan outlines how UConn is uniquely positioned to use its expertise and knowledge base to address state and federal efforts to reinvent public education for the 21st century and address the educational inequalities President Barack Obama calls \u201cthe civil rights issue of our time.\u201d It outlines the school\u2019s momentous push to expand its teaching, research, and outreach missions, all of which are aligned with UConn\u2019s university-wide strategic plan.<\/p>\n

The Neag School\u2019s academic vision also stresses areas of expertise ideal for continued growth, including equity and social justice, STEM education, creativity and innovation, and educator quality and effectiveness in K-12 public education. The Dean\u2019s Doctoral Scholar program was founded by\u00a0Neag School Dean Richard Schwab\u00a0<\/a>as a way to provide scholarships to the most talented and competitive doctoral students in these areas.The program is being supported by the Dean\u2019s fund, the Neag School endowment, and by reallocating internal resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my top priorities as dean is to raise money for endowment funds that support graduate education,\u201d Dean Schwab said, \u201cand this effort was driven by a need to become more proactive in recruiting and supporting graduate education at UConn and in the Neag School\u2013one of our top priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Dean\u2019s Doctoral Scholar awards will connect graduate students with faculty working on critical research projects in our key growth areas,\u201d said Schwab.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very fortunate to have a visionary Dean who has challenged our Dean\u2019s Scholar Steering Committee to recruit the next generation of educational leaders to come to the Neag School to join a team of researchers addressing the educational needs of the nation and the globe,\u201d said Dr. Scott Brown, chair of the Steering Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have dedicated ourselves to recruiting outstanding doctoral candidates to our pool of applicants and to select the very best to be our inaugural cohort of Doctoral Scholars and, most important of all, to prepare them for leadership roles in education,\u201d continued Brown.<\/p>\n

Adding to the excitement of the Doctoral Scholar program is that it comes at a time when faculty and students are more invested than ever in pursing expanded research initiatives, program development, and classroom experiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was a student here in the late 1970s and early \u201980s, I was fortunate to have a graduate assistantship in Educational Leadership that engaged me in research on teacher evaluation and teacher support with my major advisor Edward Iwanicki,\u201d Dean Schwab said. \u201cThat experience changed my life and set me on the course of becoming a professor and eventually dean of my alma mater. The blend of mentorship, experience and knowledge-generation that occurs during this aspect of graduate study is, in my mind, the most important aspect of the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Increased graduate applications and a greater number of matriculated graduate students at the Neag School are among the envisioned results of these efforts. Through external funding, which supports full-time research assistantships in all areas of education, Neag School graduate students are able to receive the highest quality of instruction from world-class professors.<\/p>\n

Achieving expanded excellence in research, education, service, and engagement will put UConn on the map as a top flagship university in the nation, Dean Schwab said. It will also provide more opportunities for graduate students in all areas of study, making it a school of choice for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.<\/p>\n

As chairperson of UConn\u2019s overall Academic Vision Committee, Dean Schwab worked closely with respected UConn faculty members from throughout the university to ensure all measures in the plan could be achieved.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis initiative will elevate our outstanding doctoral preparation programs to even greater heights because of the interdisciplinary nature of the Dean\u2019s Doctoral Scholars program and the many opportunities both within the Neag School and across our campuses,\u201d said Brown.<\/p>\n

The Neag School of Education hopes to attract to the Dean\u2019s Doctoral Scholar program dynamic, intuitive, and passionate individuals who wish to continue their education at one of the nation\u2019s leading institutions. Prospective students interested in applying should submit their applications by December 1, 2014. A select group of students will be invited to take part in a hosted visit to UConn shortly thereafter. Acceptances will be awarded in January, with scholars beginning their Neag School journey during the Fall 2015 semester.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit the\u00a0Dean\u2019s Doctoral Scholar program website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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