Education

Dean: Margaret Grogan

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND POLICIES

Academic Programs

The School of Educational Studies (SES) offers individually designed M.A. and Ph.D. degree programs in education, as well as a teacher education credential/M.A. program, a special education Ph.D. program with the option to earn the Professional Administrative Services Credential, an urban leadership cohort program with the option to earn the Professional Administrative Services Credential, and a joint Ph.D. program with San Diego State University.

Academic Policies

Student Correspondence. Students will receive official CGU and School of Educational Studies correspondence electronically at their CGU e-mail address and should check this e-mail account on a regular basis as this is the only e-mail address to which CGU and SES e-mail correspondence will be sent.

Tutorials and Research. No more than a combined total of 4 units of Dissertation Research and/or Independent Research (aka Independent Study) may be taken in the doctoral program. The dean must approve exceptions.

Incompletes. The School of Educational Studies follows CGU’s general policies governing Incompletes. If the work for a course cannot be accomplished by the date stipulated by the instructor, which is not to exceed one calendar year from the time when the work was originally due, a Petition for Extension of Incomplete Grade form may be submitted to the SES Office. If approved by the instructor, advisor, and dean, the student is given until the new completion date on the form to submit the work. Students with more than two Incompletes are placed on academic probation and precluded from enrolling for additional units until one or more of the Incompletes is replaced by a letter grade. This may require that the student enroll in Doctoral Study (summers excepted). Any fellowship awarded by the department is withheld until the academic probation is removed.

Additional Courses. Students who are out of coursework for five years or more without finishing their program may be required to take additional courses at prevailing tuition rates in order to become current in the field.

Permanent Incompletes. Permanent Incomplete units do not count toward degree coursework. Students with PIs will take replacement units at full tuition.

Participation in Commencement. The School of Educational Studies follows general CGU guidelines for allowing only those students who have met all degree requirements and filed all appropriate paperwork within prescribed deadlines to participate in commencement. No exceptions are permitted for SES students.

Master’s Programs

Master of Arts Degree

The School of Educational Studies offers two Master of Arts programs:

Teacher Education Internship Program (M.A./ Credential) consisting of 36 units
Master of Arts in Education, a 30-unit program

RESOURCES

Claremont Graduate University has a number of distinctive resources that enrich the program for students in education.

The Claremont Education Letter, published by the faculty of the School of Educational Studies, seeks to inform the wider public of critical issues in education, present the various voices on particular issues, and make recommendations that will advance their resolution toward a more just and accountable education.

The Howard R. Bowen Institute for Policy Studies in Higher Education sponsors the Hausam-Fisk Colloquium, the Higher Education Abstracts, and other activities associated with leadership in higher education.

The Institute for Developmental Studies, which includes the George G. Stone Center for Children’s Literature, sponsors research into human growth and development and disseminates information through publications, conferences, and other activities.

IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement. The IRIS Center (Research for Inclusive Settings) provides free, online, interactive training enhancements to improve the quality of services delivered to all children and youth with disabilities and their families eligible for services authorized through IDEA ‘04. These enhancements support the efforts of professional development providers for practicing educators and also supplement university courses so that the educational needs of students with disabilities are better met in inclusive settings. IRIS modules are grounded in the adult learning theory, “how people learn (HPL),” developed by John Bransford, and have been proven effective through rigorous learner-outcome research by IRIS. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs funds the IRIS Center whose central location is housed at Vanderbilt University. The IRIS Center-West, located at Claremont Graduate University, coordinates and delivers the Center’s technical assistance and outreach activities. Partnerships with professional and community organizations, public agencies, and universities support the IRIS Center’s efforts, providing integral involvement for assessing constituent groups’ needs and determining specific topics for course enhancement materials.

The Institute for Social Justice and Accountability is dedicated to research, dialogue and practice that merge the ideas of social justice and accountability in efforts to close the achievement, graduation, and access gaps in K-12 schools, colleges, and universities. The Institute for Social Justice and Accountability was originally established as the Institute for Education in Transformation in 1991. In 2004, the Institute’s direction and name were changed to more clearly define how issues of social justice and accountability could be merged.