Brief History of the
David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research
Seminar
The David L. Clark National Graduate Student
Research Seminar emerged from the 2-3 day regional
series of graduate student seminars held by UCEA
since 1966. At first held in member institutions,
UCEA announced that it would support two graduate
student seminars beginning in 1979. UCEA demonstrated
its support by providing a grant to the host institution
to cover some of the expenses of the students
sent to the seminar, by publicizing the seminar
in its news releases and newsletter, the UCEA
Review, and by providing a forum of the proceedings
in the UCEA Review. By 1984, the seminar had adopted
a new title: National Graduate Students Research
Seminar in Educational Administration and had
begun to hold the seminar prior to the American
Educational Research Association (AERA) meeting.
At this time, the event was co-sponsored by AERA
and the National Institute of Education (NIE).
The seminar changed again as NIE folded. UCEA
stepped in and provided financial support beginning
in 1986. By 1987, UCEA and AERA were joined by
the US Department of Education Office of Research
in their sponsorship of the seminar. Another change
occurred in 1998 when UCEA, AERA Divisions A and
L, and Corwin Press joined together to sponsor
the graduate student seminar. In 1999, the graduate
student seminar adopted its current title: David
L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar
in Educational Administration & Policy in
honor of David L. Clark who had passed away in
1998.
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Nominees
Nominees should be outstanding doctoral students
in educational leadership, administration, and/or
policy, seeking careers in research. Nominees
must have substantially completed their courses
and must have formulated a dissertation proposal.
Nominations of students from underrepresented
groups are strongly encouraged. Invitations will
be issued to 40 doctoral students, with competition
based on the judged quality of the student's research
and capacity to gain from and contribute to the
seminar.
Nomination Process
Each year, students are chosen to participate
in the seminar through a rigorous selection process:
first, they are nominated as candidates by their
department chair or dean; second, they develop
a detailed research proposal which outlines salient
features of their study; finally, the proposals
are blind reviewed by members of the planning
committee, which selects the forty highest-ranking
nominees.
Each university may nominate up to two students.
Please compile a nomination packet (nomination
form, abstract of student research, and statement
of proposed research) for each nominee and mail
or email all three items to be received by the
UCEA staff no later than November 1, 2007.
All nomination packet forms are available on the
UCEA website. We expect to extend invitations
to 40 students by the middle of December 2006.
If you have any questions, please call (512) 475-8592.
Nomination forms, abstracts, and a statement
of research may be mailed by post to UCEA, The
University of Texas, 1 University Station - D5400,
Austin, Texas 78712-0374. If mailed by post, please
include the original plus three (3) additional
copies.
The Nomination Packet
To be processed, each student's packet should
contain 1) nomination form, 2) letter of nomination, 3) abstract of student's research project, and 4) two-page summary of proposed research to UCEA, received by November 1, 2007. Programs must also express a commitment to provide financial assistance to supplement the nominee's expenses.
The statement should be no more than two (2)
single-spaced pages and should outline the problem
you are pursuing or plan to pursue in your doctoral
research, its intended contribution to theory
and practice, specific research questions, and
study procedures. The statement of proposed research
should be devoid of any reference to the nominee's
name and/or institution. The statement is forwarded
to NGSRSEA reviewers during the selection process.
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Archive
2008 National Graduate
Student Research Seminar Participants
2007 National Graduate
Student Research Seminar Participants
2006 National Graduate
Student Research Seminar Participants
2005 National Graduate
Student Research Seminar Participants
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