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This proposal will reorganize into a single degree program existing specialty areas that are currently located in different academic programs. The proposed program will match the College Student Personnel concentration from the Counseling and Personnel Services program with the Higher and Adult Education concentration and International Education Policy specialization from the Education Policy and Leadership program. The proposal also requests that the State of Maryland recognize the three specialty areas as formal areas of concentration: (1) Student Affairs (renamed from College Student Personnel); (2) Higher Education (renamed from Higher and Adult Education); and (3) International Education Policy. Under a different proposal (PCC Proposal 11017 Senate Doc 11-12-19), the current degree program in Counseling and Student Personnel will change its name to Counseling Psychology, School Psychology and Counselor Education. The Education Policy and Leadership program will remain under its current name.
The reason for this proposal is to bring these related specializations together in one degree program. Given the central focus of higher education, the students and faculty in the Counseling Student Personnel and Higher and Adult Education concentrations have been collaborating with each other for over 20 years. For the past 15 years, external review boards, in their evaluations of the College of Education, have recommended merging the two areas. The inclusion of the International Education Policy concentration into this program reflects a critical trend in student affairs and higher education to broaden inquiry into global and international dimensions of the higher education context, particularly in terms of comparative education.
The PCC Committee considered the proposal at its meeting on October 7, 2011. Dennis Kivlighan, Chair of the Department of Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education, presented the proposal to the committee and responded to questions. After discussion, the Committee voted unanimously to recommend the proposal.
The Academic Planning Advisory Committee approved the proposal on September 19, 2011. The Graduate PCC Committee approved the proposal on September 28, 2011, and the Graduate Council approved the proposal on October 10, 2011. The Senate PCC Committee approved the proposal on October 7, 2011.
The Senate Committee on Programs, Curricula, and Courses recommends that the Senate approve this new degree program. |
