Awards are recommended by the faculty and Director, and are made by the School of Education Graduate Studies Committee. Other Positions . For a workload not to exceed 20 hours per week, students may be awarded other forms of support, either within or outside the School of Education. Each student admitted to the Ph.D. program is assigned an academic advisor at the time of admission. While every attempt is made to match student and advisor interests, there is no guarantee that the advisor initially appointed will eventually oversee the student's dissertation research.
Students are free to seek new advisors if their interests or the interests of their advisors change.
When a student wishes to change an advisor, that student must meet individually with the current advisor, the concentration area coordinator, and the Director. Student wishing to change concentration areas must petition, by letter, the School of Education Graduate Studies Committee. The student must be accepted by the new concentration area and meet its degree requirements. Notification of an approved change of concentration must be done on the Change of Classification form provided by the University's Office of Graduate Studies. The core doctoral courses provide Ph.D. students with a foundation in educational theory and the major tools of research in education.