A National Conversation about Doctoral Programs for Future Leaders in Education Research November 12, 2003
DISCLAIMER: This is an unedited verbatim transcript of the Workshop on Peer Review of Education Research Grant Applications: Implications, Considerations, and Future Directions prepared by CASET Associates and is not an official report of National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, or National Research Council (collectively “National Academies”). Opinions and statements included in the transcript are solely those of the individual persons or participants at the conference, and are not necessarily adopted or endorsed or verified as accurate by The National Academies. Please note that the presentations below may be subject to copyright restrictions of the individual presenters.
8:30 am	Welcome and Overview
	Lauress Wise, HumRRo and Committee Chair
	Lisa Towne, Study Director
Session 1. Defining the Territory
What are the goals of doctoral training in education and how can they be achieved? What are the historical and institutional issues that shape these programs and change over time? How do these issues compare to those in related fields? Scholars will address such baseline questions to set the context for a more detailed discussion of the defining issues and a strategy for moving forward.
8:45 am	Institutional Context
	David Labaree, Stanford University	Bio	Remarks
9:15 am	Comparative Perspective
	Felice Levine, American Educational Research Association	Bio	Remarks	Table 1 Table 2
9:45 am	Q&A
Session 2. Analyzing Key Issues
Faculty and administrators have wrestled with a number of challenges that arise in the doctoral training of future education researchers. Their experiences will form the basis of a series of issue-driven presentations on obstacles and options for addressing them effectively.
10:45 am	Developing a Common Curriculum
	Margaret Eisenhart, University of Colorado-Boulder and member CORE	Bio	Remarks	Presentation
11:15 am	Crafting Methodological Training
	Steven Raudenbush, University of Michigan	Bio	Remarks
11:30 am	Serving an Increasingly Diverse Talent Pool
	Charles Hancock, Ohio State University	Bio	Remarks	Presentation
11:45 am	Relating Training to the Disciplines and Disciplinary Departments
	Joseph Tobin, Arizona State University and member CORE	Bio	Remarks
12:00 pm	Q&A
Session 3. Setting Strategic Directions
Individual faculty and departments are trying to improve their doctoral programs in education. A number of federal and foundation funded initiatives are similarly promoting systematic change. Key representatives from the research field, foundations, and federal policy will lead a discussion to address critical questions about how to advance positive change: What are the means to move forward with a national agenda? Where are the points of leverage given the distributed nature of higher education and education generally? What are the relevant incentives and disincentives associated with reaching consensus and promoting change? How can various initiatives coordinate to promote maximum impact?
1:30 pm	Lee Shulman, Carnegie Foundation	Bio	Remarks
2:00 pm	Grover (Russ) Whitehurst, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education	Bio	Remarks
2:30 pm	David Cohen, University of Michigan	Bio	Remarks
3:15 pm	Moderated Discussion
	Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Harvard University and member of CORE	Bio
4:15 pm	Q&A