I am looking for a prestigious (top or 2nd tier) regionally accredited school that offers MS degree in Education with no residency requirement (100% via DL). Any recommendations? Thanks, Eli
Eli, Scroll down a bit to the thread on CSU-Hayward. They have a degree in Online Instructional Technology that is totally online and regionally accredited and costs 6k. I'm doing this program now from Korea.
Thanks, I read about the program it seems quite good but I wanted to investigate other possibilities, unfortunately all of the top tier schools require some sort of a personal interview or residency. Living abroad makes it difficult and costly to accommodate such requests. Eli
Eli -- You might try the George Washington University or The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign online M.S. programs in ed tech. Both schools are at least 2nd tier, in my estimation, and I don't remember anything about residency requirements. Good luck. Peace, ------------------ Tom Head www.tomhead.net
The University of Georgia offers an online M.Ed. in Adult Education(http://www.coe.uga.edu/adulted/onlinemasters.html). UGA's education department was ranked 22nd in U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools 2002 rankings (see http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/gradrank/edu/gdedut1.htm). Cheers, ------------------ Michael Wilson
Thank you all for the info. I think The George Washington University is going to be my no. 1 choice. The program seems to be interesting and 100% via DL. Eli
Eli asks, I am looking for a prestigious (top or 2nd tier) regionally accredited school that offers MS degree in Education with no residency requirement (100% via DL). I see from Bears' Guide to the Best Education Degrees by Distance Learning and the subject index to Bears' Guide, 14th ed. that other choices might include Loyola U (LA), Regent U, U of Alaska, U of Northern Iowa, U of Texas, City U, and a good many others, including some major Australian ones that take non-Australian students (Monash, Curtin, Deakin, etc.). John Bear http://www.degree.net
I have a copy of your 14th edition and will look up the mentioned schools. It is worth highlighting that I also have in my library Peterson's 2001 Guide to DL Programs. Examining both references I found Dr. Bear's edition to be more helpful and better customized toward DL education. Peterson's listed CA approved schools among the RA, which I found it to be misleading to readers. Eli
Peterson's also listed a few not-approved-by-anyone schools, such as Atlantic International University. ------------------ Kristin Evenson Hirst DistanceLearn.About.com
Since education has so many specializations, perhaps you could tell what is appropriate. Are you looking for Educational Technology or Counseling or Curriculum/Instruction or Administration or what? Tom Nixon
On Wednesday, University of Massachusetts just announced 12 new online degree programs including a Master's in Educational Administration. You can read about it at http://library.northernlight.com/FC20010905280000126.html?cb=0&dx=1006& sc=0#doc
There are a surprising number of fully DL master's degrees in education available from top tier schools. The oldest, GWU's, sports a large number of graduates and is a great option. I originally began work on my master's degree in the ETL program and have nothing but good things to say about it. The only other top tier school previously mentioned, through the University of Illinois, requires a LOT of travel to and from Champaign-Urbana and so does not really fit my definition of fully DL based (it does, however, look like an excellent program). I know of at least three other programs avaialble from schools identified by US News as top 50 schools of graduate education. The University of Missouri-Columbia offers an excellent program in educational technology that was a glaring omission from Dr. Bear's new book. I can personally vouch for both the quality and salience of the instruction available through this program. It is similar in content to the program at GWU, is offered by a univeristy of similar stature, yet charges all online students in-state tuition and fees regardless of residence. The same is true of new programs being offered in social studies, gifted and literacy education. Indiana University-Bloomington offers in-state tuition for well-regarded programs in languge education and instructional systems technology. Fianlly, US News' top ranked school for elementary and secondary education, Michigan State University has just announced a flexible online master's program in education. As you can see, there are a fair number of options avbailable to you. Good luck sorting through them!
Well, we have to put something on the updates page besides Rio Salado, eh? If you know (or someone else knows) of any other programs we shoulda covered, but didn't, please drop us a line at [email protected]. Thanks! Peace, ------------------ Tom Head www.tomhead.net