What Is Life Like in the Department?

What is life like in the Department of Work and Human Resource Education? First, there are the classes—which are usually small enough to provide plenty of opportunity for vigorous discussion. Some of your most exciting—and demanding—classes will be those designed for doctoral students alone, giving you a wonderful opportunity to work closely with your peers and professors. Many of your classes in the department will include an exciting variety of professionals—teachers and administrators from technical colleges, secondary vocational educators, trainers from business and industry, community educators, and people from various state education offices, as well as full-time graduate students from many regions of the United States and many other nations.

Second, there are the various graduate assistantships with their research, teaching, and administrative opportunities. You will work with one or more faculty members on your project in a close collegial relationship. Often one or more other graduate students will also be involved in a project, giving you the experience of cooperative learning and team work.

The third aspect of life in the department is difficult to categorize; it includes everything else that happens in the course of an academic year, including student and faculty research seminars, national teleconferences, and receptions and parties. For more information about the student experience, you may want to visit the following sections:

Advice to Current Graduate Students

Awards and Accomplishments

Demographics of Recent Graduates

News and Information

Recent Ph.D. Thesis and Ed.D. Field Study Titles

Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants