Application for Admission for 2010–11 Academic Year
Guidelines for MPES Applications and Review Procedures
Application materials are due February 11, 2011. Applicants will submit via e-mail to Eleanor Tushman (e-tushman@northwestern.edu), the MPES program administrative assistant.
Applicants must be first-year students in good standing in their graduate program. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or resident aliens. Students of color are strongly encouraged to apply.
1. APPLICATION PROCESS — Each applicant should submit the following:
- One- to two-page statement (12-point font, double-spaced) that outlines the applicant’s research interest(s) in education
- Resume, including GRE scores and any awards received
- One letter of reference from a faculty member in the applicant’s PhD program that speaks to the applicant's academic promise and the centrality of education to the applicant’s research interests
2. REVIEW PROCESS
- Applications are reviewed by the MPES steering committee, which includes the following professors:
Human Development and Social Policy: Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, David Figlio
Learning Sciences: David Rapp
Psychology: David Uttal
Sociology: Thomas Cook
Statistics: Larry Hedges
3. REVIEW CRITERIA
- Centrality of education to the applicant's program of research.
- Applicant scholarly promise. The program seeks to recruit and fund the most academically able students in the participating PhD program