College of Doctoral Studies

Among the issues to be discussed by a team that has launched a review of GCU’s PhD in psychology is whether learners in the program should be required to attend dissertation “boot camps” to hone their research skills and work collaboratively.

Paige Day, assistant fire chief in Missouri City, Texas, a Houston suburb, plans to use her doctorate in education from GCU to write and lecture about the importance of mentors for women interested in the male-dominated fire service, She was in Phoenix this week for her doctoral residency, the final one of the year.

With health issues facing the baby-boom generation and the Affordable Care Act changing the way services are delivered, the University’s program is designed to address a new age of health care.