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.
6-482: Fielding Graduate University was founded in 1974 by Frederic M. Hudson , Hallock Hoffman, and Renata Tesch. The university offers graduate-level degrees (certificate, master's, and doctoral programs): clinical psychology , media psychology , educational leadership , organizational leadership , and human development . As of 2019, its School of Leadership offers "accelerated" PhD degrees that can be earned in as little as three years, and its School of Psychology offers
12-782: A $ 9 million National Science Foundation grant in 2018. Additionally, Fielding has three other centers, in addition to CASL: the Institute for Social Innovation (ISI); the Marie Fielder Center for Democracy, Leadership, and Education; and the Alonso Centers for Psychodynamic Studies. Fielding University Press publishes several publications per year on subjects including clinical psychology, neurology, leadership studies, phenomenology, philosophy, human development, and art history. Fielding faculty, students, and alumni have contributed to several publications. In 2015
18-735: A PhD in Clinical Psychology that can be earned in five or six years. The average (mean) time to complete a PhD program at Fielding is 7.5 years. The university is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). The Clinical Psychology PhD program is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA Commission on Accreditation). Fielding offers a doctorate in Creative Leadership through
24-805: The Hudson Institute of Coaching . Hudson was both a Rockefeller and Danforth fellow, and received a doctorate from Columbia University , New York. His early academic career as a professor included stints at Colby College in Maine and Lone Mountain College in San Francisco. In 1973 he was founding president of the Fielding Institute . He left in 1986 to found The Hudson Institute of Coaching , which trains professionals in leadership and executive coaching. Hudson authored many books on
30-772: The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), is developing a doctoral program in urban leadership and entrepreneurship with the University of the District of Columbia and Tulane University 's Payson Center for Global Development, and established the Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership (CASL) with UVI, North Carolina A&T , and the Association of American Colleges & Universities. The latter earned
36-573: The university was granted special consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Frederic M. Hudson Frederic M. Hudson (March 6, 1934 – February 9, 2015) was an American philosopher, educator, writer, and thought leader in the area of adult development, adult learning and leadership coaching. He was the founding President of the Fielding Graduate University and
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