New Journal Highlights Research of Joint Doctoral Program Grads
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Five Cal Poly alums who made history last year as the university’s first doctoral graduates are making history again – as contributors to a new journal.
The innovative research of the first graduating class of the UC Santa Barbara/Cal Poly Joint Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership is the subject matter of the inaugural issue of the Central California Instructional Leadership Forum.
The journal is the first of its kind – a periodic compilation of the latest research specifically relevant to educational leaders on the Central Coast and across Central California.
“Most research focuses on education issues in urban environments,” according to Jim Gentilucci, director of Cal Poly’s Joint Doctoral program. “The joint doctoral program and the new Forum target the unique problems and specific challenges educators face in more rural areas, such as the Central Coast.”
The new journal will be published annually and will provide a forum for regional instructional leadership ideas on a wide gamut of K-12 and post-secondary educational issues.
In the first issue, the pioneering doctoral grads, Patty Grady, Kevin Bontenbal, James Brescia, Holly Edds and Janice Wellman, explore issues ranging from intervention programs for high-risk junior high students to accreditation standards in community colleges.
James H. Block of UCSB is the executive editor, and Elizabeth Truesdell of Cal Poly College of Education is the editor.
Visit http://education.ucsb.edu/program/jointdoc/forum/index.html for an on-line edition of the journal. Hard copies are available upon request from Patrick Faverty, JDP Academic coordinator, at 805-893-3301 or pfaverty@education.ucsb.edu.
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