{"id":9329,"date":"2017-03-29T15:45:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T19:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/?page_id=9329"},"modified":"2021-06-25T09:05:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:05:08","slug":"rinker-scholar-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/academics\/construction-management\/rinker-scholar-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Rinker Scholar Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its inception, in 1935, the Rinker School has led the construction management profession<br>in its journey to professionalization. With the dawning of the new millennium, the construction<br>management profession finds itself at the threshold of its final and most important step toward<br>professionalization. This final step involves the fostering of sustained efforts in research and<br>development, in order to bring innovation to the profession and keep it vibrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A majority of the research in the US takes place in Universities and affiliated institutions, mostly<br>by faculty holding doctoral or equivalent terminal degrees and usually sponsored by private<br>companies or governmental agencies. In the US, there are about 60 construction management<br>academic programs accredited by The American Council for Construction Education. Most of<br>the faculty members in these programs have only a Master\u2019s degree and meet the ACCE<br>requirement to have 5 or more years of relevant construction supervisory experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to foster research in these academic programs, the best and the brightest of these faculty<br>members should be encouraged to earn a PhD in construction management. A successful model<br>that has been used by other professions is based on the academic institution granting the faculty<br>member a paid 2 &#8211; 3 year sabbatical leave and funding to pursue a PhD While the faculty<br>member makes a written commitment to return to work for a given number of years after<br>completion of the degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Few, if any of the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) members, especially those with<br>small faculty numbers, can afford to loose a faculty member with full pay for 4 &#8211; 5 years and still<br>maintain the required level of academic course offerings for their students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The M.E. Rinker, Sr. Foundation has funded the establishment of a Rinker Scholar endowment<br>that would be used to support ASC faculty to pursue a PhD in Construction Management at the<br>Rinker School of Construction Management. The intent of the Rinker Scholar program is to form a<br>partnership between the University of Florida, the Rinker School, a given ASC academic<br>program and its faculty member to facilitate that faculty member&#8217;s pursuit of a PhD degree in<br>construction management. The income from the Rinker Scholar endowment will be devoted to<br>helping fellow ASC schools enhance the quality of the education they offer while increasing<br>construction research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contributions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The contributions by each of the members of this partnership are shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rinker Scholarship Fund Contributions and Program Advantages<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Entity<\/th><th>Contributions<\/th><th>Advantages<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Faculty\/Student<\/td><td>Time and effort to complete degree<\/td><td>Earn a PhD in 2 &#8211; 3 years and the personal development to establish a research agenda<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ASC Academic Unit<\/td><td>One semester paid sabbatical leave<\/td><td>Enhanced quality of instruction and both quality and quantity of research<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>University of Florida<\/td><td>Tuition waiver to cover cost differential between in and out-of-state tuition<\/td><td>Enhanced reputation for quality graduate programs and an increase in PhD graduation rate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rinker Foundation<\/td><td>$30,000 fellowship and in-state tuition waiver for 36 graduate credits<\/td><td>Enhanced reputation in graduate education and increased stature in the industry<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plan of Study<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Summer C<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>DCP 7794 Doctoral Seminar &#8211; 1 Cr.<br>DCP 7979 Dissertation Research &#8211; 5 Cr.<br>BCN Graduate Courses &#8211; 6 Cr.<br>Total = 12 credit hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fall<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>DCP 7990 Doctoral Core I &nbsp;&#8211; 3 Cr.<br>BCN 6036 Research Methods &#8211; 3 Cr.<br>BCN graduate class&nbsp;&#8211; 3 Cr.<br>DCP graduate class&nbsp;&#8211; 3 Cr.<br>Total = 12 credit hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Spring<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>BCN graduate classes &#8211; 9 Cr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Summer C<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>DCP 7979 Dissertation Research &#8211; 6 Cr.<br>BCN graduate classes &#8211; 6 Cr. *<br>Total = 12 credit hours<br>* Students who have not had two graduate level statistics classes may take them at their home institution and transfer them in lieu of these six credit hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fall<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>DCP 7979\/7980 Dis. Res. &#8211; 6 Cr.<br>PhD Qualifying Exam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Spring<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>DCP 7980 Dissertation Research &#8211; 6 Cr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Summer C<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>DCP 7980 Dissertation Research &#8211; 3 Cr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fall<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>7980 Dissertation Research &#8211; 3 Cr.<br>PhD Final Exam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Total graduate credit hours for the program = 60 semester hours<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application Documents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A University of Florida graduate application<\/li><li>A 15-page, double spaced PhD dissertation research proposal, including a completion schedule<\/li><li>A statement of support, and commitment from, the applicant&#8217;s academic unit<\/li><li>Transcripts from all previous academic institutions attended<\/li><li>Summary compilation of student evaluations for the preceding three years<\/li><li>Letters of recommendation from applicant&#8217;s former master&#8217;s committee chair, current college dean, and at least one current or past colleague<\/li><li>Detailed resume<\/li><li>Minimum combined GRE scores of 310 on the revised exam or 1200 on old exam<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For the application process, see the doctoral studies handbook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Since its inception, in 1935, the Rinker School has led the construction management professionin its journey to professionalization. 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