Sam Jama is a 2017 Fielding alum and earned his PhD in Human Development. He wrote this piece and shared it with the 60,000+ staff of the Ontario, Canada government, where he works for the Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility. By Alum Sam Jama, PhD The road to self-improvement through education can be a long and challenging one. My undergraduate pursuits began soon after I started working in the Ontario Public Service (OPS), with the Family Responsibility Office. I enrolled in Ryerson University’s public administration and governance program and completed my first degree in 2005. I continued my educational pursuits and, in [...]

Laura McGuire went from being a high school dropout to a doctor of education — in less than 5 years. “Fielding was a huge part of my success. I mean that with my whole heart,” says McGuire, who hopes that her education-is-empowerment story inspires others and guides them on their own journeys of self-discovery. By Alum Laura McGuire, EdD I believe in education more than anything on Earth. I believe that the answer to almost every problem facing us as individuals, communities, countries, and as a planet is based in education. I believe in it so much that I got my doctorate in education, [...]

September 15-October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. As part of our ongoing efforts to help build a more just and sustainable world, the Building Inclusion Collaborative invites you all to a film and conversation about LatinX heritage from 11 am - Noon Pacific time on Sunday, September 16. A clip from the film “Symbols of Resistance: A Tribute to the Martyrs of the Chican@ Movement” will be shown, after which invited LatinX members of the Fielding community will share their own “movement” experiences. The floor will then be opened to attendees for comments. This promises to be a rich conversation as many within [...]

INSIGHT into Diversity magazine rewards our Conclave Leadership Academy Fielding Graduate University's Conclave Leadership Academy has received the 2018 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. The Inspiring Programs in STEM Award honors colleges and universities that encourage and assist students from underrepresented groups to enter the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The Conclave Leadership Academy is a collaborative project with the Society of STEM Women of Color, offering leadership development workshops to academic women -- many from HBCUs, tribal colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions -- who are working in STEM fields. The Conclave aims to [...]

National Science Foundation Funds Fielding and Three Partners Washington, DC — The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant of $9 million that will allow Fielding Graduate University and three partner institutions to help increase diversity in the nation’s STEM higher education reform effort. The grant was awarded for the Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership (CASL) to study how leadership at Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) has played a role in broadening participation of African Americans in STEM. The results of this work are expected to aid HBCUs and other institutions of higher learning in developing a [...]

Last chance to register for Participatory Learning, Research & Action for Social Justice “We Make the Road by Walking" Intensive Highlander Center School of Leadership Studies October 3-7, 2018 30th Anniversary Fielding-Highlander Collaboration HOD Faculty: Tracy Fisher, Melchor Hall & Abigail Lynam EDD Faculty: Teresa Marquez-Lopez Intensives at the Highlander Center for Research and Education in New Market, Tennessee, have been important learning opportunities at Fielding since 1988—30 years! This intensive will provide a variety of opportunities to explore the connections between community organizing, non-formal adult education, participatory action research, and transformative learning as methods for progressive organizational and social change. [...]