Designing, Developing, and Sustaining Doctoral Programs in a Post-Pandemic Age

Abstract

This special themed issue of Impacting Education, Designing, Developing, and Sustaining Doctoral Programs in a Post-Pandemic Age, focuses on ways in which educators have used the pandemic as an opportunity in their doctoral programs for reimagination and reflection. Although this was a disruptive time in education, it also allowed time for transformations and opportunities within doctoral programs. Instead of ignoring the challenges presented by the pandemic, the contributors in this issue used their observations and experiences for improvement and refinement, and emerged from the pandemic with programs that were more robust and reflected the needs of their students.

Keywords

• pandemic
• doctoral program
• program evaluation