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Higher education provides credibility and empowerment for disadvantaged students. Dr. Priscilla Zelaya I am hosting a conversation on the role and purpose of the Ph.D. I have invited several contributors to join in on the dialogue, some in different roles and with different views. Today, I am pleased to publish our third article in this series, from Priscilla Zelaya, PhD. At the age of 27, I proudly walked across the University of Florida graduation platform to receive my PhD. As a young, Nicaraguan-American woman desiring to seek justice within vulnerable communities, I knew this degree ...

Daniel J. Treier Yesterday, I tweeted my concern about the unrealistic expectations of some Ph.D. aspirants. It was widely retweeted, often affirmed, and frequently critiqued! (Some of the folks did not read it closely—missing “probably” in the tweet—but there were also some excellent critiques.) It would be worth a few minutes to look at the replies. To be clear, I have both a D.Min. and a Ph.D. and found them both valuable, yet I am concerned that people have realistic expectations about what a Ph.D. will or will not do for them. One of my colleagues, Dan Treier, actually wrote ...