New York University
The Institute for Education Sciences-funded Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training (IES-PIRT) Program
» NYU’s Institute for Education Sciences-funded Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training (IES-PIRT) program is administered by the Institute of Human Development and Social Change. The IES-PIRT program brings together faculty members from across multiple units, including the Applied Psychology, Humanities and Social Sciences in the Professions, and the Teaching and Learning departments within the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, Human Development; the Wagner School of Public Service; and the Sociology and Economics departments within the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Three themes guide faculty in their training of students: (1) learning in context; (2) rigorous experimental and quasi-experimental approaches to causal inference, and (3) interdisciplinary perspectives on education and learning. A quantitative “core curriculum” will ensure that students are well-trained in sophisticated statistical methods. Additional course options and research apprenticeships will ensure that students develop content expertise in: academic achievement, especially in reading and mathematics; social/behavioral contexts of learning; and/or education policy. NYU faculty and their two strategically selected research partners – MDRC and the Research Alliance for New York City Schools – offer the richest possible set of research apprenticeships and dissertation project options to our IES Fellows. Doctoral students who receive the NYU certificate in education sciences will join a new generation of researchers expertly prepared to conduct studies of the highest priority to IES.