UH-Clear Lake doctoral candidate awarded grant
November 29, 2012
Karen Barbier
University of Houston-Clear Lake doctoral candidate Sundie Dahlkamp was awarded a Public School Research Scholars Program grant by the Center for Research, Evaluation and Advancement of Teacher Education (CREATE), a consortium of four Texas universities dedicated to exploring quality and effectiveness issues related to teacher preparation, retention and student achievement. The fellowship scholars program includes weekend seminars which assist the candidates as they develop their dissertation proposals. Dahlkamp’s dissertation research is exploring “Principal Efficacy and School Climate — A Recipe for Retention.” The UH-Clear Lake student anticipates completing the educational leadership degree and defending her dissertation in fall 2013. CREATE is a consortium of the University of Houston System, the Texas A&M University System, the Texas State University System and The University of Texas System. Dahlkamp is employed by Pearland Independent School District as a human resources specialist. She received a Master of Science in Educational Management from UHCL in 2007.
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University of Houston-Clear Lake offers more than 80 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, including a doctoral program, from its four schools, which include the School of Business, School of Education, School of Human Sciences and Humanities, and School of Science and Computer Engineering. For more information about the university, visit http://www.uhcl.edu.
