Student Quotes about the Programs
"My experience at UofL was characterized by excellent coursework along with profound and meaningful collaboration among students and professors. Opportunities to participate in important research projects from conception through publication were everywhere. I feel my training at UofL prepared me to compete with researchers from any university in the country."
Jon Saderholm
Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education
"The doctoral program in Leadership and Organizational Development at UofL has been by far my most challenging undertaking, and yet the most rewarding intellectual experience I have had to date. My skills have been sharpened, my perspectives have been broadened, enabling me to become a well trained critical thinker."
Orville Blackman
Doctoral Student and Holmes Scholar
"I am constantly impressed by the support I receive from faculty, not just in my program of Counseling Psychology, but throughout the college. Their interest in students is evident, and I know they want me to succeed."
Erica Adams
Doctoral Student, Educational & Counseling Psychology
"Since coming to the university, my eyes have been opened to the elegance and precision of mathematics, to the way teachers know and understand mathematics, and how a good diagnostic instrument is created that assesses teacher mathematics knowledge. My research and analytic skills have been broadened through study, self-reflection and intellectual discourse with professors and fellow graduate students; and through the many opportunities made available to me to attend local and national conferences and presentations. I am becoming a scholar."
Vicki-Lynn Wilson Holmes
Doctoral Student, Leadership, Foundations & Human Resource Education
"The doctoral program in the College of Education and Human Development is comprised of the highest quality curriculum and faculty and therefore offers a great opportunity for the highest quality of education."
Roderick Harding
Doctoral Student, Leadership, Foundations & Human Resource Education
"The College of Education and Human Development is responsible for my continued growth as an educational researcher by providing me with tremendous faculty support, rigorous coursework, and numerous opportunities to be an active member in the local and wider educational community. My internship, educational and personal experiences as a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership, Foundations and Human Resource Education Department continues to build the professional, practical and scholarly capacity necessary for me to flourish in the academic and practitioner world of educational research."
Judi Vanderhaar
Doctoral Student, Leadership, Foundations & Human Resource Education