AERA Doctoral Student Cohort Program
AERA Doctoral Student Cohort Program
 
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The Doctoral Student Cohort Program offers institutions a unique opportunity to partner with AERA to offer doctoral students access to AERA membership at a substantially reduced dues rate. Institutions that participate in the program collaborate with AERA to off set the cost of membership for doctoral students who join AERA for the first time.

The program gives students at participating institutions access to AERA membership at a 1-year introductory rate of $25, just a third of the regular graduate student dues rate of $75.

This program aims to encourage and support graduate student membership. Their early and active participation in AERA can help them expand their knowledge of the field, engage with the education research community, and make connections that support their professional development and advancement.


Benefits for AERA Doctoral Student Cohort Program members:

  • Select free membership in an AERA Division and additional Division memberships for just $5 each.
  • Join Special Interest Groups (SIGs) by paying their annual dues; the $7 SIG administrative fee for joining one or more SIGs is waived.
  • Networking, professional development, and volunteer opportunities through Divisions, SIGs and the AERA Graduate Student Council (GSC). The GSC provides an active listserv and rich newsletter, along with dedicated programming throughout the year and at each AERA Annual Meeting
  • All members receive complimentary digital access to all six  AERA journals, in addition to the publicly available, AERA Open.
  • Purchase mailed AERA journals at the Graduate Student member rate of $10 per journal.
  • Discounted registration for the 2024 AERA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. 
  • Receive timely notice of announcements of AERA’s numerous calls for fellowships, awards, abstracts, grants, nominations, and much more.

How does the AERA Doctoral Student Cohort Program work?
This is an institutional program.  The program is a partnership between AERA and graduate schools of education or other university schools/departments with an interest in providing their doctoral students an introductory discounted year of AERA membership.  Once the school/department fills out a short online form indicating its interest in the AERA Doctoral Student Cohort Program, the university/college/department designated Program Coordinator receives an announcement to distribute to qualified students providing directions on how to sign up.  

Schools/departments are given notice to join in September.  Once the school/department completes the short survey form, an announcement is sent to the designated Program Coordinator to distribute to students.  The deadline for signing up is March 2024. 

Membership is for 2024 but the sooner a student signs up in 2023, the sooner the student can receive announcements from AERA, Divisions, and any SIGs that they join.

What students qualify for this program?
We find that the most common participant is a university or college with a school of education but other schools and departments do participate. Once an institution signs up, it offers this program to doctoral students, who have not been prior AERA members.

In order to ensure a vibrant doctoral student program, AERA asks that the school/department actively promote the program and recruit the entire first year doctoral student cohort to join, thus the name “cohort.”  The program has been expanded to allow full time students working full time and all part time students.  All students must be new AERA members and have not been in the doctoral program beyond 8 years to participate. 

Cost for Students
Any doctoral student pays $25 down from Graduate Student dues of $75. 

Cost for Institutions
The schools/departments are billed $25 per participating student in May 2024.

What is required of the institution?
AERA asks that a program coordinator be appointed who will be responsible for notifying students repeatedly of the program and encourage faculty to explain to students how AERA membership can enhance their scholarship, help them build a network, and hear of more opportunities.

To make this as easy as possible for the school/department, AERA provides an announcement that the program coordinator sends out throughout the year ending March 2024 and post the announcement in the department. The announcement will provide the website and passcode for students to join and pay their portion of the dues with a credit card. Program coordinators or a designated billing contact will receive an invoice for the participating students in May 2024. 

What is the first step?
If a School/Department is interested in the AERA Doctoral Student Cohort Program, please contact Sean Twombly at stwombly@aera.net or call 202-744-5780. 

2023 AERA Doctoral Student Cohort Program Participating Programs
(don't see your school listed here? Be sure to reach out to your graduate program director and encourage them to enroll in the cohort program)

 

Arizona State University | Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

Boston College | Lynch School of Education and Human Development

California State University - Los Angeles | Charter College of Education

Cleveland State University | College of Education and Human Services

College of William and Mary | School of Education Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership

Florida State University | College of Education

Fordham University | School of Education

George Mason University | College of Education and Human Development

Johns Hopkins University | School of Education

Louisiana State University | School of Education

Loyola Marymount University | School of Education

 

Michigan State University | College of Education

New York University | Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development

Northwestern University | School of Education and Social Policy 

Penn State University | College of Education

Portland State University | College of Education

Purdue University | College of Education

San Diego State University | Educational Leadership

San Francisco State University | Graduate College of Education

Stanford University | Graduate School of Education

Syracuse University | School of Education

University at Buffalo - SUNY | Graduate School of Education

University of Arizona | College of Education

University of California - Berkeley | Berkeley School of Education

University of California - Davis | School of Education

University of California, Los Angeles | School of Education & Information Studies, Department of Education

University of California - Santa Barbara | Graduate School of Education

University of California - Santa Cruz | Education

University of Colorado - Boulder | School of Education

University of Illinois Urbana – Champaign | College of Education - Education Policy, Organization & Leadership

University of Maryland - College Park | College of Education

University of Massachusetts - Amherst | School of Education

University of Miami | School of Education and Human Development

University of Missouri - Columbia | School of Education

University of Nevada - Las Vegas | College of Education and Human Development

University of Oregon | College of Education

University of Portland | School of Education

University of San Diego | School of Leadership and Education Sciences

University of Southern California | Rossier School of Education

University of Texas - San Antonio | College of Education and Human Development

University of Utah | College of Education

University of Virginia | School of Education and Human Development

University of Washington | College of Education 

Vanderbilt University | Peabody College

Washington State University  - Pullman | College of Education