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<Title>CIES Dissertation Award 2015</Title>
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    <div>The Comparative International Education Society (CIES) Language Issues (LI) Special Interest Group (SIG) is pleased to announce its 2013-2015 Dissertation Award! The award is open to dissertations that focus on <em>educational language issues, broadly defined, in comparative and international education</em>. Dissertations will be reviewed based on the following criteria: </div>
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    <li><span>The dissertation’s relevance to current thinking in the field</span></li>
    <li><span>The degree of sophistication or innovation of the methodology used </span></li>
    <li><span>The soundness of data collection and analysis </span></li>
    <li><span>The dissertation’s social utility and/or its implication for policy </span></li>
    <li><span>The degree to which the dissertation incorporates a comparative perspective</span></li>
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    <div><span>Eligible dissertations must have been filed within the two-years prior to the LI SIG award application deadline of December 15, 2014. Students in Ed.D. or Ph.D. programs are eligible and the applicant and/or the Dissertation Chair must be a current CIES member. The winning dissertation will receive a monetary award and will be announced at the annual conference in Washington D.C. in March Applicants should submit the following four documents to be considered for the award: </span></div>
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    <li><span>A detailed abstract of no more than five pages along with a self-assessment indicating how the dissertation meets the above five criteria; both should be doubled-spaced with no author identification (for blind review)</span></li>
    <li><span>A title page (not counted within the page limit) with author’s name, address, institutional affiliation, telephone, e-mail address, and names of dissertation committee chair(s) and </span></li>
    <li><span>A reference page (not counted within the page limit) with only the references cited in the abstract</span></li>
    <li><span>One letter from the Dissertation Chair recommending the dissertation for this award (this letter may be sent directly to the Committee at the e-mail address below).</span></li>
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    <div><span>After the initial round of consideration, the two highest rated candidates will be asked to send the Committee a file with their entire dissertation. Awardees will be recognized formally at the LI SIG business meeting at the CIES Conference in Washington D.C. on March 8-13, 2015. </span></div>
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    <div>Please submit the above documents electronically (as attachments in Word compatible files) with the key word “Dissertation Award Submission” in the subject line to: <a href="mailto:cieslangsig@gmail.com" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">cieslangsig@gmail.com</a> by December 15, 2014. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the Awards Committee at the above e-mail address.</div>
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<Summary>The Comparative International Education Society (CIES) Language Issues (LI) Special Interest Group (SIG) is pleased to announce its 2013-2015 Dissertation Award! The award is open to dissertations...</Summary>
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