Cal Coast Now Offering the M.Ed.

www.calcoast.edu/edu_2.html

Two majors: Curriculum/Instruction and Administration

Cost: $4575

 

Clearly geared toward teachers, these are deceptive (at best). The only way that a school district would recognize these would be as the result of a mistake.

And trust me, those mistakes are eventually found out. School districts are quite conservative in terms of degrees. I think it's safe to say that (almost without exception) all U.S. school districts have a rule that the degree must be regionally-accredited.

An M.Ed in administration in most states must lead to certification as an administrator for it to be worth anything. The CCU M.Ed. does not (nor will it even with DETC accreditation, should they get that). California's Commission on Teacher Credentialing does not recognize any degrees from CCU (nor are they likely to anytime soon).



Tom Nixon

 

They previously offered the EdD.

 

Re: Re: Cal Coast Now Offering the M.Ed.

The Spring 2003 edition of Coastline, CCU's alumni newsletter, lists the following degrees earned by public school personnel:

The Ed.D. was earned by a school teacher in Pennsylvania, who stated "an increase in salary" based on the CCU doctorate.

The Psy.D. was earned by a middle school counselor in South Dakota.

The Ed.D. was earned by a district superintendent in Oregon.

Note: Names and school districts have been omitted to maintain anonymity.

 

Hi Tom - I am not familiar with California, but in Colorado, a DETC accredited school can have their M.Ed. program reviewed and approved for licensure.

The key for a new program of course is to be very careful it does not even imply it has licensure approval.

Hope all is well with you.

Mary

 

CCU makes no claim or implication of licensure approval for the M.Ed. program. If, in Colorado, a DETC M.Ed. can be approved for licensure, then the CCU M.Ed. may have greater utility---if indeed they achieve DETC accreditation.

 

It might well be useful in private school or school related service industry situations, or in the very large field of educational consulting, where a person might have it, the M.Ed., in conjunction with a RA masters or Ph.D. in another subject area.

Craig