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Fielding Graduate University was founded in 1974 to serve adult students who need a nontraditional approach to graduate-level education. Our distributed learning model emulates the Oxford independent student/tutorial approach.
Vision
We are an innovative global community dedicated to educating scholars, leaders, and practitioners in pursuit of a more just and sustainable world.
Mission
We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs within a distributed and relational learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge. This community of scholar-practitioners addresses personal, organizational, societal, ecological, and global concerns in pursuit of a more just and sustainable world.
Values
Academic Excellence: We commit to the highest quality scholarship, research, and practice.
Community: We support a collaborative learning environment built on inclusion and mutual respect.
Diversity: We commit to having a faculty, staff and student body that is diverse and inclusive. We embrace and celebrate the wisdom, knowledge and experiences of our diverse community.
Learner-centered Education: We create an interactive experience that responds to the interrelated personal and professional lives of our students.
Social Justice: We commit to advancing equality and justice in our University, and in the local, national, and global communities impacted by our work.
Transformational Learning: We inspire a re-examination of one’s world view and underlying assumptions to enable a deeper understanding of self and society.
Non-Discrimination Policy
Fielding Graduate University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, medical condition, or veteran’s status in the administration of its educational programs, activities, admissions or employment policies.
The university complies with federal and state equal opportunity laws and regulations, and through its policies declares harassment, which is based on individual differences (including sexual orientation), to be inconsistent with the university’s mission and educational goals.
Program Review
At least every five to seven years, each academic degree program of Fielding will engage in a formal program review. The Provost’s Office is responsible for maintaining the schedule for such reviews. When possible, program reviews will be synchronized with specialized accreditation reviews. At the Provost’s discretion, a specialized accreditation review may be substituted for the internal process.
In keeping with the recommendations of the Council of Graduate Schools and the standards of the Western Association of Schools & Colleges, program reviews at Fielding will include:
- A self-study in which the program analyzes its curriculum, modes of delivery, faculty resources, student retention and time to completion, and learning outcomes, and where it reviews assessment studies conducted since the last review.
- Feedback from both internal stakeholders and external reviewers evaluating these outcomes and their assessment and providing suggestions for improvement.
- Plans for connecting the program review outcomes to planning and budgeting processes and actions.
It is expected that each program will negotiate the specific focus(i) of a particular program review with the Provost before beginning the formal process.
Institutional Accreditation
Fielding Graduate University is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WSCUC). Contact information for WSCUC is as follows: WASC Senior College and University Commission, 985 Atlantic Avenue, Ste. 100, Alameda, CA 94501. Phone: 510.748.9001. Fax: 510.748.9797. Email: wascsr@wascsenior.org.
APA Accreditation
Fielding’s School of Psychology offers the only accredited (onporabtion) clinical psychology doctoral program utilizing a distributed delivery model. The program is accredited (on probation) by the American Psychological Association. Contact information for APA is as follows: APA Commission on Accreditation, 750 First St. NE, Washington, DC 20002. Phone: 202.336.5979.
Continuing Education Approvals
Fielding Graduate University is approved by the following to offer continuing education:
- The American Psychological Association (CE for psychologists)
- California Board of Behavioral Sciences (number PCE 463)
- California Board of Registered Nursing (number 5941)
- National Association of Social Workers (number 94-188)
State Registrations or Approvals
Fielding Graduate University is registered as a private institution with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, sections 136A.61 to 136A.71. Registration is not an endorsement of the institution. Credits earned at the institution may not transfer to all other institutions. The MA degree in Media Psychology is not approved in the state of Minnesota.
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