New Doctorate Course in Education for Indian Professionals by University of Southern California

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USC launches new doctorate course in education for Indians

 

Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) aims to provide training in global education

 

3 -4 Indian students will be selected for Ed.D. among 25 students from the world

As India emerges a global education market, the University of Southern California (USC) is offering a new doctorate course for professionals in the field of education.

A doctorate in education (Ed.D.) by USC Rossier School of Education aims at working professionals aspiring to be high-level practitioners in the education field.

According to Mike Diamond, Professor, USC Rossier School of Education, “The highlight of the programme is it will be training professionals in global education with a focus on making global leaders in the field of education.”

Dominic Brewer, Rossier Vice Dean for Partnership and Research and Diamond were in India to discuss the new Global Executive Ed.D. Programme with prospective candidates. University of Southern California is also establishing their office in Mumbai.

Diamond said that it will be on the lines of MBA (master of business administration) programmes.

This Ed.D. Programme is for professionals and it is different from the traditional Ph.D., which is for students seeking career in professional teaching. Around three to four Indian students will be selected out of 25 students who will be selected to pursue this course across the globe.

Diamond also said that, an Ed.D. is a professional doctorate aimed at working professionals aspiring to be high level practitioners in education as opposed to a Ph.D. which is aimed at individuals aspiring to be future academics.

"We have interest in establishing relations with countries in the Pacific Rim and India," he added.

According to Diamond, "India is a major country with tremendous education needs and a huge education market. Students from the USand India can work together and solve many problems education is facing".

"The idea is to focus on global issues and not just country specific issues," he said.

Diamond adds that the University of Southern California already has a large number of Indian students, with courses in engineering, technology and business being the most popular courses.

He also said that, the school of engineering is our most established programme, a number of our students come from India.

According to the Open Doors Report, Indian students make the second largest group of foreign students in the US after China, consisting of almost 14 percent of foreign students in US.

The report also revealed that a small one percent fall in the number of students going to US was registered in 2011. In 2010-11, 103,895 Indian students took admission in US universities, while the number was 104,897 in 2009-10, marking the first such decline since 1998-99.

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