KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY

Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education Board of Governors recently approved Kutztown University to grant a doctorate in education in transformational teaching and learning.

This is the second doctoral program approved for Kutztown University.

The degree must also be approved by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Kutztown University’s accrediting body.

The program is designed for practicing classroom teachers who hold a master’s degree and are ready to take on the role of practitioner-scholar. Graduates of the program will be able to apply research to contemporary educational issues and needs, build community-school partnerships and lead transformational change in the schools using a social justice approach.

While traditional Ph.D. programs prepare graduate students for conducting research in a specialized area of educational practice, this program was designed for the career educator – the individual who envisions their career as a lifelong practitioner-scholar in the classroom, working with children and adults to improve lives. It is based on research and social justice-based curriculum to serve underrepresented and economically disadvantaged populations.

Students will attend the program in cohorts and finish in three years.

Kutztown University’s College of Education programs are nationally accredited through the National Council of Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation.