Education

Dean: Scott L. Thomas

PROGRAM POLICIES

University Policies are disclosed elsewhere in this Bulletin. The following policies pertain to the School of Educational Studies.

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.

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.

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.

RESOURCES

Claremont Graduate University has a number of distinctive institutes and projects that enrich the program for students in the School of Educational Studies.

The Claremont Education Letter. The Claremont 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 Bowen Institute for Policy Studies in Higher Education. The Bowen Institute exists to facilitate academic activity in the area of public studies, understood broadly to span both public policy and system/institutional policy in higher education. The Institute supports conference attendance and research opportunities for students in higher education. It sponsors the annual Howard R. Bowen Lecture and the Sally Loyd Casanova Lecture presented by an outstanding higher education alumnus, and also supports Higher Education Abstracts (HEA). HEA is published quarterly by Wiley-Blackwell and is a compilation of abstracts from journals, conference proceedings, and research reports focusing on college students, faculty and student services. The Higher Education Abstracts Office serves as a permanent repository for the originals of articles and reports abstracted in the publication and, accordingly, is a resource for students and faculty, as well as a respected resource nationally and internationally.

The Institute for Education in Transformation began in 1985 in order to provide a mechanism for research, dialog, and action projects that address critical issues in education from kindergarten to graduate school. Its mission is to foster research, action and attitudes that best promote excellence, equity, and integrity in the transformation of schools and universities. Through the support of various foundations, the Institute fosters research and projects to develop schools and universities that are both more just and more accountable for student achievement in order to close the achievement gap and improve achievement in schools and universities for all.

The Institute at Indian Hill. The Institute at Indian Hill (IIH) is the applied research center of Claremont Graduate University’s School of Educational Studies. IIH is committed to enhancing the growth and productivity of organizations, institutions and communities of learning through partnerships that integrate best practices in research, coaching, and evaluation. It has partnered with over 200 organizations to implement systems and practices to build on successes and sustain continuous improvement, create a collaborative culture of data-drive decision-making and practice, and advance learning and dissemination of best practices.

IRIS Center for Training Enhancements: IRIS-West. IRIS-West coordinates the training and outreach services for The IRIS (IDEA ‘04 and Research for Inclusive Settings) Center for Training Enhancements. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) (Project #H325F060003), The IRIS Center is designed to improve the results of all struggling students, including those with disabilities. These free resources include: interactive, challenge-based modules; problem-based case studies; activities and other instructional materials. They are developed by The IRIS Center’s staff at Vanderbilt University. These resources are about research-based, effective instructional strategies and are made available through its barrier-free website, www.iriscenter.com. IRIS-West, through its offices at CGU, provides training to teacher educators and professional development providers across the nation through a range of services including web tours, webinars, faculty seminars, and topical institutes.

The Journal of Higher Education. Founded in 1930, The Journal of Higher Education is the leading scholarly journal on the institution of higher education. Articles combine disciplinary methods with critical insight to investigate issues important to faculty, administrators, and program managers. The Journal is edited by Scott L. Thomas and regularly employs graduate students as editorial assistants. The Journal office also regularly hosts publishing workshops and round tables for CGU Students.

George G. Stone Center for Children’s Books. The Stone Center is a special library of the Claremont Graduate University’s School of Educational Studies (SES). In addition to its circulating collection of more than 25,000 trade books for young people (babies through young adults), the Center has a non-circulating collection of historically significant children’s books and reference materials on children’s literature. The collection is available to teacher candidates in the SES Teacher Education program. Other interested persons may support the Center and its programs by becoming members of the Friends of the Stone Library (see http://www.cgu.edu/pages/3613.asp).