Cambridge College Launches Master of Education Program with "Teaching Social Justice" Concentration

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Feb 16, 2012, 03:32 ET

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cambridge College is pleased to announce the "Teaching Social Justice" Concentration for the Master of Education, Interdisciplinary Studies program. The concentration will be launched as part of the National Institute for Teaching Excellence (N.I.T.E) held in the Boston area this summer and completed through distance learning. Dr. Kristin Poppo, Executive Director of Regional Centers and the National Institute of Teaching Excellence states, "Cambridge College is uniquely poised to provide social change agents the tools they need to bring more justice into their communities. We are pleased to have this opportunity to provide this program to professionals from across the country."

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The Cambridge College Teaching Social Justice program recognizes that education is critical to creating a more just and compassionate world. Educators and social change agents who work in a variety of formal and informal contexts will benefit greatly from the expertise of Cambridge College faculty and their long-standing commitment to helping people teach and learn about social justice. In this program, diverse written and visual texts from around the world will be used to address the systemic structures that lead to domination and oppression. Students will then be introduced to alternative world views which will inspire them to teach and communicate in ways that will promote justice and compassion in their communities.

The National Institute for Teaching Excellence (NITE) Teaching Social Justice program was created for individuals who work in schools, community organizations, justice systems, religious organizations, nonprofits, advocacy groups, and health and social services who want to create a better world. Students will come to Boston for three weeks in July for intensive collaboration and learning. Additional work for each class will be completed through a distance learning framework and a second summer residency.

A representative from Cambridge College will be in Portland, Oregon for The Justice Conference 2012 from Friday, February 24th through Saturday, February 25th at the Oregon Convention Center. We invite you to stop by and learn more about us.

For more information please contact Jessyca Feliciano, at 617-873-0124 or via email at [email protected]. You can also learn more through our website at http://www.ccnite.org/programs/social%20justice.

Cambridge College:
Cambridge College (www.cambridgecollege.edu) is dedicated to providing academically excellent, time-efficient, and cost-effective higher education for a diverse population of adult learners for whom those opportunities may have been limited or denied. Founded in 1971, Cambridge College is a private non-profit institution of higher education accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, (NEASC CIHE). Comprised of four schools –Undergraduate Studies, Education, Psychology and Counseling, and Management – Cambridge College enrolls more than 8,000 students each year in professional education and undergraduate, graduate and doctorate-level degree programs at the main campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts and across seven regional centers nationwide in Springfield and Merrimack Valley, MA; Chesapeake, VA; Memphis, TN; Augusta, GA; San Juan, PR; and Inland Empire, CA. The College accepts selected transfer credits for both graduate and undergraduate programs, and schedules evening and weekend classes designed for adult learners.