"Teachers College" redirects here. For schools that train high school students to become teachers, see Normal school. For overall teacher training at the university level, see School of Education.
Teachers College, Columbia University (TC) is the graduateschool of education, health, and psychology of Columbia University, a privateresearch university in New York City.[2][3] Founded in 1887, Teachers College has served as one of the official Faculties and the Department of Education of Columbia University since 1898.[3][4] It is the oldest and largest graduate school of education in the United States.[5]
Teachers College was the first graduate school in the United States whose curriculum focused specifically on teacher education.[8]
In 1880, the Kitchen Education Association (KEA), also known as the Kitchen Garden Association, was founded by philanthropist Grace Hoadley Dodge, the daughter of wealthy businessman William Dodge. The association's focus was to replace miniature kitchen utensils for other toys that were age-appropriate for kindergarten-aged girls.[9][8] In 1884, the KEA was rebranded to the Industrial Education Association (IEA), in the spirit of widening its mission to boys and parents. Three years later, it moved to the former Union Theological Seminary building on University Place, as well as founded a coeducational private school called the Horace Mann School.[10]
In 1887, William Vanderbilt Jr. offered a substantial financial sum to the IEA.[8] With the support of Dodge, Vanderbilt appointed Nicholas Murray Butler, the future longest-serving president of Columbia University and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, as new president of the IEA. The IEA decided to provide schooling for the teachers of the poor children of New York City. Thus, in 1887–1888, it employed six instructors and enrolled 36 juniors in its inaugural class as well as 86 special students.[8] To reflect the broadening mission of education beyond the original philanthropic intent set forth by Dodge, the IEA changed its name to the New York School for the Training of Teachers,[8][10] and received its temporary charter from the New York State Board of Regents.[10]
By October 1890, the school's trustees were looking for a new campus, as the University Place campus was considered too small. After discussion with Columbia University president Seth Low, the trustees settled on a site in Morningside Heights, near where Columbia's campus was being built.[11] In 1892, the name of the New York School for the Training of Teachers was again changed to Teachers College.[8] The next year, Teachers College and Columbia University were affiliated with each other, and the trustees acquired land for the new college campus in Morningside Heights.[12] The buildings for the campus of the college were designed by William Appleton Potter.[12][13] The first structure in the original complex, Main Hall, was completed in late 1894; the last, Milbank Memorial Hall, was finished three years later.[14]
The curriculum combined a humanitarian concern to help others with a scientific approach to human development. The college was affiliated with Columbia University in 1898 as the university's Graduate School of Education.[3][12] A new building for Horace Mann was erected in 1899,[15] followed by the Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Hall in 1902–1904.[16] Additionally, a four-wing dormitory building, called Whittier Hall, was built in 1900–1901.[17] Enrollment increased quickly: the graduating class of 1911 contained 686 students, as opposed to the 26 students in the first graduating class.[18]
Expansion of scope
The founders early recognized that professional teachers need reliable knowledge about the conditions under which children learn most effectively. As a result, the college's program from the start included such fundamental subjects as educational psychology and educational sociology. The founders also insisted that education must be combined with clear ideas about ethics and the nature of a good society; consequently, programs were developed in the history of education and in comparative education.
Teachers College, Columbia University, was also associated with philosopher and public intellectual John Dewey, who served as president of the American Psychological Association and the American Philosophical Association, and was a professor at Teachers College from 1904 until his retirement in 1930.[19]
The school offers Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Education (Ed.M.), Master of Science (M.S.), Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in over sixty programs of study. Despite the college's name, less than one-third of students are preparing to become teachers. Graduates pursue careers, for example, in the social sciences, health and health promotion, educational policy, technology, international and comparative education, as well as educational leadership.[22]
According to former Teachers College president Susan Fuhrman,[23] the school provides solutions to the difficult problems of urban education, reaffirming its original mission in providing a new kind of education for those left most in need by society or circumstance. The college continues its collaborative research with urban and suburban school systems that strengthen teaching in such fundamental areas as reading, writing, science, mathematics, and the arts; prepares leaders to develop and administer psychological and health care programs in schools, businesses, hospitals and community agencies; and advances technology for the classroom, developing new teaching software and keeping teachers abreast of new developments.
Teachers College also houses a wide range of applied psychology degrees, including one of the nation's leading programs in organizational psychology. Every year captains from the United States Military Academy at West Point are selected for the Eisenhower Leader Development Program (ELDP) and complete the Organizational Psychology M.A. program to become tactical officers (TAC) at West Point.[24][25]
The college also houses programs in anthropology. It was foundational in the development of the field of anthropology and education. By the 1930s, Teachers College had begun to offer courses in anthropology as part of the foundations of education. By 1948 Margaret Mead started what would be a long association with Teachers College where she taught until the early 1970s. In 1953 Solon Kimball joined the faculty. In 1954 nine professors (including Mead and Solon Kimball) came together to discuss the topic. In the 1960s, these people formed the Council on Anthropology and Education within the American Anthropological Association, and it is still considered as the leading organization in the field.
The student experience at Teachers College is governed by a student senate, headed by the Senate president, followed by the vice-president, parliamentarian, communications officer, and treasurer. Two senators, a master's candidate, and a PhD candidate are elected each year to represent each academic department at Teachers College to advocate on behalf of current students and alumni.[citation needed] The TC Senate meets bi-weekly to determine what issues need to be investigated.
Academic departments
Arts & Humanities
Biobehavioral Sciences
Counseling & Clinical Psychology
Curriculum & Teaching
Education Policy & Social Analysis
Health & Behavioral Studies
Human Development
International & Transcultural Studies
Mathematics, Science & Technology
Organization & Leadership
Rankings
For 2024, U.S. News & World Report ranked Teachers College, Columbia University #1 among all graduate schools of education in the United States. In 2008, 2002, 1998, 1997, and 1996 Teachers College, Columbia University was also ranked #1 in the category of graduate schools of education in the United States by U.S. News.
Relationship with Columbia University
Teachers College serves as Columbia University's graduate school of education and psychology,[3] and while Teachers College holds its own corporate status, an independent administrative structure, board of trustees and endowment, [26] Teachers College graduates are awarded Columbia University degrees according to the statutes of Columbia University,
Although the college houses PhD programs, these degrees are conferred by Columbia University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in a manner analogous to the PhD programs of the university's other professional schools.[27][28]
Teachers College's graduating class participates in the Columbia University Commencement ceremony.[29][30][31] TC graduates are Columbia University alumni, may attend Columbia Alumni Association events, retain their @columbia.edu email for life, and are eligible for nomination of the alumni medal and membership to the Columbia University Club of New York.[32][33][34][30][31]
While Teachers College faculty appointments are approved by Teachers College's board of trustees at the discretion of the president of Columbia University, "Columbia University [has] no responsibility for salaries, tenure, or retirement allowances" of officers of Teachers College.[35]
Teachers College shares academic and institutional resources with greater Columbia University including courses of instruction (Teachers College students may take courses at any other Columbia University graduate school and vice versa.),[36][37] libraries, health service systems, research centers, classrooms, special event facilities and the Dodge Fitness Center.
During COVID-19, the Ivy League allowed Columbia fourth-year senior student-athletes, who lost playing time due to pandemic-related cancellations in their final year of eligibility, to continue playing their varsity sport for the 2021–22 season if they were accepted to and enrolled at Teachers College.
The Columbia University Senate includes faculty and student representatives from Teachers College who serve two-year terms; all senators are accorded full voting privileges regarding matters impacting the entire University.[38][39] The president of Teachers College is a dean in the university's governance structure.[35]
Housing
The college has three residence halls for single students. They are 517 West 121st, Grant Hall, and Whittier Hall.[40] The college has three residence halls for family housing. They are Bancroft Hall, Grant Hall, and Sarasota Hall. One bedroom apartments are available for childless students and students who have one child. Two and three-bedroom apartments are available for students who have more than one child.[41] Lowell Hall and Seth Low Hall have faculty housing units.[42]
Teachers College Press, founded in 1904, is the national and international book publishing arm of Teachers College and is dedicated to deepening the understanding and improving the practice of education. Teachers College also publishes The Hechinger Report, a non-profit, non-partisan education news outlet focused on inequality and innovation in education that launched in May 2010.
The Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College (JMETC with ISSN2156-1397, 2156-1400) is affiliated with the Teachers College Program in Mathematics Education. It is a successor to an earlier publication by the Program in Mathematics and Education at Teachers College.
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References
↑ As of August 31, 2021. Annual Report (Report). TC. August 31, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
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Further reading
Bu, Liping. "International activism and comparative education: Pioneering efforts of the International Institute of Teachers College, Columbia University." Comparative Education Review 41.4 (1997): 413-434. online
Daniel, Walter G. "Negro welfare and Mabel Carney at Teachers College, Columbia University." Journal of Negro Education (1942): 560-562. online
Jacobson, Willard J. "A History of the Department of Science Education, Teachers College, Columbia University." (1978). online
McMurry, F. M., et al. "Theory and practice at Teachers College, Columbia University." Teachers College Record 5.6 (1904): 43-64, a primary source. online
Takayama, Keita. "Beyond comforting histories: The colonial/imperial entanglements of the international institute, Paul Monroe, and Isaac L. Kandel at Teachers College, Columbia University." Comparative Education Review 62.4 (2018): 459-481. online
TOEPFER, KENNETH HAROLD. "JAMES EARL RUSSELL AND THE RISE OF TEACHERS COLLEGE: 1897-1915" (PhD dissertation, Columbia University; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1966. 6700843).
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