Policy Studies in Urban Education, Ph.D.
dissertation topics
Examples of Dissertation Topics in Ph.D. Programs in Policy Studies
- The education of homeless children in Chicago.
- Race and the school-to-prison pipeline.
- Ethical standards and the teaching profession.
- Academic press and social support in and out of school and the achievement of low-income students in Chicago.
- Organizational culture and student socialization in military-themed schools in Chicago.
- Implementation of School-to-Work Initiative in Chicago-area community colleges.
- Work-life balance and the success of female college presidents.
- Sense making and the implementation complex curricular and instructional reform in math and science.
- Principal participation in professional special interest groups.
- Central office decision making and the development of system-wide curricular and instructional reform.
- Principal decision making and improving teacher quality in urban high schools under No Child Left Behind.
- Teacher motivation and the implementation of curricular and instructional reform.
- Motivation, job and organizational characteristics, and retention of university student services personnel.
- Academic cheating among undergraduate students in an urban university.
- The role of the central office in providing and promoting teacher professional development in under-resourced urban school systems.
- Organizational factors influencing the quality of instruction in university departments.
- Structure of school organization and its relationship to urban high school student failure, retention, and graduation.
- Campus, work, and life experiences of Latina freshmen and their success and retention in postsecondary education.
- Engagement and persistence in postsecondary on-line learning.