DiP Commitee
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Challenges and Strategies Identified by CPED Institutions Impacting Program Transition from a Traditional Dissertation Model to a Professional Practice DiP model
Feedback from Fall Convening, 2013
Common Themes Challenges Strategies
Institutional barriers Institutional culture Graduate School “rules.” e.g. proposal comps. Bureaucratic levels of agreement required
Dean leadership & supportUtilize resources from CPED websiteSenior faculty engagementIntentionalityDialogueCritical Friends/MentorsFaculty development
University preference for certain epistemologies PAEI – Philosophy of Adult Education Inventoryhttp://www.labr.net/apps/paei/
Breadth or depth re: research methods Action ResearchMixed MethodsTranslational ResearchClient-basedStakeholder involvementDiP communicated to varied stakeholder audiences
Changing faculty mindset to understand: Program design Research methods Rigor of action research
Problem of Practice drives program design and determines the relevance of the inquiryPartnership with field mentorsImpact of DiP in the field
Faculty skills & capacityFaculty have quantitative training, are not comfortable with/accept other methodologies
Hiring of scholarly practitioners as clinical facultyCreation of a new category of faculty called “practice “faculty
DiP Committee membership Clinical faculty as members of the DiP Committee
CPED Issues What does program (re) design look like? Examples of program (re) design on CPED websitehttp://cpedinitiative.org/consortium-members
Lack of clarity re: terminology people are using to describe the DiP
Design concept definitions on CPED websitehttp://cpedinitiative.org/design-concept-definitions
Lack of DiP models DiP models to be reviewed as part of FIPSE productsExamples on CPED websitehttp://cpedinitiative.org/resource-library/dissertations
Purpose & format of the DiP Engage other stakeholders in defining the needs around DiP Keep pushing framework and rubrichttp://cpedinitiative.org/dissertation-practice-year-award
Program Quality University push for raising rankings (PhD is valued) Faculty reward system in higher education needs significant modifications
Definitions/criteria for rigor DiP Award criteria applicable for quality assurance