Simmons has not been accepting applications to the DA program for quite a while now. We developed a PhD program some years ago. Students in the DA program at the time were given the option of transferring into the PhD, and many did. Those who were seeking a managerial rather than academic career trajectory chose to stay. We will hood a DA student this coming May, and have two remaining (they are in a special DA supervisor track in the school library teacher program). Although several of our many DA alums have become faculty, the intention of the DA was to prepare students for leadership positions in libraries. The DA evolved into our PhD in managerial leadership, which began with IMLS funding. We feel that the DA was a valuable degree, with a solid foundation of education in research and management, but we found that it was not well understood by the academic world at large.
Candy
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Candy Schwartz, Professor, Simmons College
