New doctoral program launched at UNCG.(FOCUS ON HIGHER EDUCATION)(University of North Carolina (Greensboro))(Brief article)

A S H A Leader, April, 2007

The University of North Carolina-Greensboro (UNCG) has developed a new doctoral program in the School of Health and Human Performance that will prepare students for teaching and research careers in communication sciences and disorders (CSD).

The new program, which will enroll four full-time and four part-time students when courses begin in the fall, was approved in January.

According to Celia Hooper, head of UNCG's Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, the program is the first of its kind in the Southeast, and one of only a few in the nation, to offer a ...