Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Our rigorous PhD program prepares researchers, scholars, and educators to advance the field of social welfare and social work practice. Research that identifies causes, dynamics, and outcomes of ...

The PhD in Social Welfare is a highly flexible interdisciplinary degree program that prepares graduates to be independent social work researchers and scholars. Our PhD students benefit from a small-by ...

We consider your career goals and how well they match our program and your personal statement and research interests to make sure there is a good match between you and our faculty members’ research ...

This piece was originally featured on Research Matters. Well-known for its doctoral programs in the social sciences and philosophy, The New School for Social Research (NSSR) also offers terminal ...

This article presents a framework for evaluation in social work doctoral education and details 10 years of successes and challenges in one PhD program's use of the framework, including planning and ...

Founded in 1952 as one of the first doctoral programs in social welfare in America, the PhD program at the Mandel School is designed to develop leaders in social work research, policy and teaching. In ...

We value the contributions made by a diverse community of scholars and pride ourselves on putting our values of equity, justice, and inclusion into action throughout the admission process. The ...