New Addition for 2021: A Part Time Doctoral Students Program
Doctoral students are a vital part of AERA, representing 25% of the total membership of 25,000. Institutions that participate in the AERA Doctoral Student Cohort Program collaborate with AERA to allow full time and part time students in the doctoral program to join AERA at reduced dues. Full time doctoral program students, who are not employed full time, who pay the Graduate Student dues of $65, pay $29 in this program. Part time doctoral program students, who would pay the Regular Member dues of $215, pay $115 in this program. This is a one-year introductory program to AERA membership. The participating school/department pays $18 per student.
Benefits for AERA Doctoral Student Cohort Program members:
What students qualify for this program? This is an institutional program. We find that the most common participant is a university or college with a school of education. Once an institution signs up, it offers this program to qualified doctoral students. In order to ensure a vibrant doctoral student program, AERA asks that the school actively promotes the program and recruits the entire first year doctoral student cohort to join, thus the name “Cohort.” The program has been expanded to allow full time students or part time students who have not been prior AERA members and are in the doctoral program no more than an 8 chronological year period to participate.
How does the AERA Doctoral Student Cohort Program work? 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 designated Program Coordinator receives an announcement to distribute to qualified students.
Schools are given initial notice to join in September and students can enroll once the school has signed up. Schools can sign up anytime through March and once the school signs up students can sign up. The program ends March 31, 2021.
Membership is for 2021 but the sooner a student signs up in 2020, the sooner the student can receive emails, announcements, and access digital journals. Full time students, who are not employed full time, pay $29 because they would pay Graduate Student dues of $65, if not for this program. Part time students pay $115 because they would pay Regular Member dues of $215, if not for this program. The schools are billed $18 per participating student in April-May 2021.
What is required of the institution? AERA asks that a program coordinator be appointed who will be responsible for reaching out to students 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, AERA provides an announcement that the program coordinator can distribute by email through March 2021 to students and post 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 April-May 2021.
What is the first step? If a School/Department is interested in the AERA Doctoral Student Cohort Program, please contact members@aera.net or call 202-238-3200.
2021 AERA Doctoral Student Cohort Program Participating Programs
Arizona State University – Tempe School of Education
Baylor University School of Education
Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development
California State University – Los Angeles Charter College of Education Applied and Advanced Studies in Education
Cleveland State University College of Education and Human Services
Florida International University Department of Teaching and Learning
Florida State University – Tallahassee College of Education
Fordham University Graduate School of Education
George Mason University College of Education & Human Development
The George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Illinois State University College of Education Department of Educational Administration and Foundations
Indiana University – Bloomington School of Education
Indiana University - IUPUI School of Education
Iowa State University School of Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Education Department of Advanced Academic Programs
Kent State University – Kent College of Education, Health and Human Services
Loyola Marymount University School of Education
Michigan State University College of Education
Montclair State University College of Education & Human Services
Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy
The Pennsylvania State University – University Park College of Education
Purdue University College of Education
Rutgers University - New Brunswick Graduate School of Education
Salisbury University Seidel School of Education Department of Literacy Studies
Samford University Orlean Beeson School of Education Department of Educational Leadership
San Diego State University Department of Education
San Francisco State University Graduate School of Education EdD in Educational Leadership
Southern Methodist University Simmons School of Education and Human Development
Stanford University Graduate School of Education
Syracuse University School of Education
Texas A&M University - College Station College of Education and Human Development
Texas State University College of Education
University of Arizona – Tucson College of Education
University at Buffalo, State University of New York Graduate School of Education
University of California – Berkeley Graduate School of Education
University of California – Davis School of Education
University of California –Irvine School of Education
University of California – Los Angeles Graduate School of Education and Information Studies Department of Education
University of California - Santa Barbara Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
University of California - Santa Cruz Department of Education
University of Cincinnati School of Education
University of Colorado – Denver School of Education & Human Development
University of Colorado - Boulder School of Education
University of Illinois at Chicago Learning Sciences Research Institute
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign College of Education Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership
The University of Iowa College of Education
The University of Kansas School of Education and Human Sciences
University of Maryland - College Park College of Education
University of Massachusetts – Amherst College of Education
University of Miami School of Education and Human Development
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor School of Education
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities College of Education & Human Development
University of Missouri – Columbia College of Education
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill School of Education
University of Oregon College of Education
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
University of Portland School of Education
University of San Diego School of Leadership and Education Sciences Department of Learning and Teaching
University of Southern California Rossier School of Education
The University of Texas - El Paso School of Education
The 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 – Seattle College of Education
University of Wisconsin – Madison School of Education
Vanderbilt University Peabody College
Washington State University – Pullman College of Education