Fielding Graduate University

Fielding Graduate University (previously Fielding Graduate Institute and The Fielding Institute) is a private university in Santa Barbara, California. It offers postgraduate and doctoral studies mainly in psychology, education, and organizational studies, primarily through distance education programs.

Fielding Graduate University
Former name
Fielding Graduate Institute
The Fielding Institute
Motto"Change the world. Start with yours."
TypePostgraduate Hybrid
Established1974
PresidentKatrina Rogers, PhD
Students957[1]
Location
Santa Barbara
,
California
,
United States
Websitewww.fielding.edu

Fielding Graduate University was founded in 1974 by Frederic M. Hudson, Hallock Hoffman, and Renata Tesch.[2] They designed Fielding as a graduate program for mid-career professionals who were not being served by traditional universities.

Academics

The university offers graduate programs for adult professionals seeking master's and doctoral degrees. It offers degree and certificate programs through the School of Psychology and School of Leadership Studies. The programs include online learning, individual faculty-student mentoring and assessment, and in-person events of various types in many locations throughout the year. The professions targeted include clinical psychology, media psychology, educational leadership, organizational leadership, and human development, within the corporate, nonprofit, and public sectors. Fielding was the first university to offer a Ph.D program in media psychology.[3]

Fielding's learning model implements a student learning plan, contract-based learning, competency-based assessment, student-to-student peer feedback, project and portfolio reviews, and final thesis or dissertation.[4] The school's website says that its "distributed learning model" combines "in-person" and "remote" participation.[5]

As of 2018, its School of Leadership offers "accelerated" Ph.D. degrees that can be earned in as little as three years,[6] and its School of Psychology offers a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology that can be earned in five or six years.[7]

Accreditation

Fielding Graduate University is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).[8]

Reputation

Fielding Graduate University was selected as a member of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED), a collaboration of 87 institutions focused on redesigning doctorate in education (EdD) programs.[9] It also was one of 240 schools selected for the 2015 Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.[10]

The university has been named one of the Top 100 Graduate Degree Producers for Minorities by Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine.[11]

Partnerships

Fielding offers a doctorate in Creative Leadership through the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI),[12] is developing a doctoral program in urban leadership and entrepreneurship with the University of District of Columbia and Tulane University’s Payson Center for Global Development, and established the Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership with UVI, North Carolina A&T, and the Association of American Colleges & Universities.[13] The latter earned a $9 million National Science Foundation grant in 2018.[14]

In 2015 the university was granted special consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).[15]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

References
  1. "Fielding Graduate University" National Center of Education Statistics. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  2. "Fielding Graduate University History". Fielding.edu. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
  3. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/experts/bernard-j-luskin-edd-lmft
  4. "Fielding Graduate University News". Fielding.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
  5. "Academic Technologies". Fielding Graduate University. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  6. "School of Leadership Studies". Fielding Graduate University. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  7. "Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology". Fielding Graduate University. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  8. WASC, "Statement of Accreditation Status: Fielding Graduate University", wascsenior.org, WASC Senior College and University Commission, retrieved May 15, 2016
  9. "Fielding Graduate University News". Fielding.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
  10. https://www.brown.edu//swearer/sites/swearer2/files/2010_and_2015_CE_Classified_Institutions.pdf
  11. "Top 100 Degree Producers: Graduate and Professional". Diverse Issues in Higher Education. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
  12. "UVI TO OFFER FIRST PH.D. PROGRAM AND 7 NEW MASTERS AND BACHELOR’S DEGREES THIS FALL" The Virgin Islands Consortium. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  13. "Creating Learning Environments: Valuing Diversity, Improving Retention, and Promoting Persistence for Students in STEM" Association of American Colleges & Universities. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  14. "Broadening Participation Research Center: Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership" National Science Foundation. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  15. Decision 2015/223: Applications for consultative status and requests for reclassification received from non-governmental organizations (PDF) (Report). United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). 2015-07-20. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2020-08-19.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.