Hey Everyone!
I'm interested in becoming a full time academic researcher studying higher education policy affecting minority students. I received my undergraduate degree in Economics from a large respected private undergraduate institution. I have a about 2 years of research experience outside of the classroom in education (K-12). I also was able to conduct some higher education related research on my own through a research grant at my undergraduate institution. I'm currently employed as a Policy Analyst at a large medical school.
I applied to both the MPP in Education Policy as well as the MEd in Higher Education Administration at Peabody. And I got into both of them! Peabody is one of my dream schools so I was very happy to receive the news. However, I also applied to the PhD in Higher Education at the Curry School of Education at Virginia. I was not expecting to get in, but I tried anyways to see if I would be able to get into a Ph.D. without having to get a masters first. Well I just found out I was accepted. Now I'm pretty torn about what to do. I love Peabody, but I feel like it's really hard to pass up being able to jump straight into a PhD. I don't have funding information yet from Curry, but I was offered a 1/3 tuition scholarship from HEA program at Peabody. Any suggestions on what program I should attend?
