教育基础博士课程的学生建立个性化的跨学科学习计划，以帮助他们解决本地和全球各级教育中的紧迫问题。 Foundations of Education students acquire skills and tools from the humanities and social sciences—the philosophy, history, politics, and 教育社会学—that enable critique and creative responses to educational challenges. 完美体育有专门的课程侧重于批判理论，农村教育，扫盲，社会正义，公平和包容。 完美体育强调将研究和理论完美体育于实践和政策。 The program’s relatively small size allows for close interaction and collaboration between doctoral students and Virginia Tech's world class faculty.