Fielding Graduate University
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Former name | Fielding Graduate Institute The Fielding Institute |
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| Motto | "Change the world. Start with yours." |
| Type | Private graduate-level university |
| Established | 1974 |
| President | Katrina Rogers, PhD |
| Students | 957[1] |
| Location | , , United States |
| Website | www.fielding.edu |
Fielding Graduate University (previously Fielding Graduate Institute and The Fielding Institute) is a private graduate-level 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 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[update], 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] The average (mean) time to complete a PhD program at Fielding is 7.5 years.[8]
The university is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).[9] Its APA accreditation was restored in 2019 after being listed on probation.[10]
Partnerships
Fielding offers a doctorate in Creative Leadership through the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI),[11] 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.[12] The latter earned a $9 million National Science Foundation grant in 2018.[13]
In 2015 the university was granted special consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).[14]
Notable alumni
- Evelyn Torton Beck - feminist theorist and professor at University of Maryland, College Park
- Tara Brach - psychologist and meditation expert
- Marshall Colt - television actor, psychologist
- K. Drorit "Dee" Gaines - neuropsychologist and radio host
- Devon Jersild - psychologist and author
- Salud Carbajal - United States Representative from California's 24th congressional district
- Janja Lalich - sociologist studying cults
- Gina Loudon - Republican activist
- Lyle Nelson - Four Time Olympian in the Biathlon, 13 time United States or North American Champion
- Marilyn Price-Mitchell - psychologist and columnist
- Judith Sewell Wright - American author, speaker, lifestyles expert and life coach
- Steven Hassan - Founder of the Freedom of Mind Resource Center, author, speaker, de-programming expert
Notable faculty
- Tiffany Field - psychologist
- Ruthellen Josselson - clinical psychologist
- Malcolm Knowles - adult education scholar
- Jeremy J. Shapiro - psychologist and social theorist
- Four Arrows - Education, Leadership, and Psychology scholar
References
- ^ "Fielding Graduate University" National Center of Education Statistics. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- ^ "Fielding Graduate University History". Fielding.edu. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- ^ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/experts/bernard-j-luskin-edd-lmft [dead link]
- ^ "Fielding Graduate University News". Fielding.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ^ "Academic Technologies". Fielding Graduate University. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "School of Leadership Studies". Fielding Graduate University. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology". Fielding Graduate University. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ Fielding Graduate University, "Notice of Actions — Accreditation Status: Fall 2019" (PDF), fielding.edu, Fielding Graduate University, retrieved June 2, 2022
- ^ WASC, "Statement of Accreditation Status: Fielding Graduate University", wascsenior.org, WASC Senior College and University Commission, retrieved May 15, 2016
- ^ APA, "Notice of Actions — Accreditation Status: Fall 2019", apa.org, American Psychological Association, retrieved June 2, 2022
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Creating Learning Environments: Valuing Diversity, Improving Retention, and Promoting Persistence for Students in STEM" Association of American Colleges & Universities. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- ^ "Broadening Participation Research Center: Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership" National Science Foundation. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- ^ 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.
