从今年秋天开始, employees of 克里特岛公立学校 (CPS) are able to receive a Doane education at a 25% discount. 的 discount can be applied toward any of the university’s graduate programs, including the 教育学博士学位, as well as bachelor’s degrees or professional certificates available from the university’s 林肯 campus or online.
“多年来, 克里特岛公立学校 has given so many opportunities to our students through student teaching, 工作见习, volunteering and jobs after graduation. This partnership allows us to give back to the district and to the 克里特岛 and Saline County communities both our institutions serve,”医生说。. Tim Frey, Doane’s dean of the College of Education.
A fall 2022 conversation between Doane总裁博士. 罗杰·休斯博士. 约书亚·麦克道尔, CPS负责人, sparked the idea for the discount, during a back-to-school picnic held annually at the university alongside community partners.
“作为十大网络娱乐平台注册商学院的两届毕业生, I know first-hand the impact my degrees have had on my career and my life. It’s incredible to go from having a single conversation with Dr. Hughes to creating a partnership that offers such a life-changing opportunity to the district I now serve,麦克道尔说. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education in 2003 and his Master of Education in Educational Leadership in 2008, 都是通过十大网络娱乐平台注册.
“对我们所有的员工, encouraging them to pursue new degrees has a one-two effect of not only opening new professional development opportunities to them, but shows the students we serve the value of continuing their own education,麦克道尔说.
Hughes and McDowell brought Frey onboard to continue discussions through the fall. A survey with CPS employees determined how many were currently Doane students and how many would be interested in pursuing a degree through the university at a discounted rate. Education programs were of interest, 还有学士学位, particularly Doane’s hybrid or online programs.
整个冬天, the two institutions worked together to create the agreement, and finalized the breakdown of the tuition discount — with 10% covered by CPS and 15% covered by Doane, for the total 25% tuition discount — in spring.
After running the agreement through Doane leadership and the CPS School Board, it was approved over the summer and made available for the 2023-24 academic year.
Doane degree programs eligible for the CPS tuition discount are:
- 的 教育学博士学位, with choice of emphasis in either education leadership or education, community and culture
- 的 教育专家 研究生学位
- 的 Master of Education in Educational Leadership
- 的 Master of Education in School Counseling
- 的 Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction
- 的 Master of Science in Instructional Design and Technology
- 的 心理咨询文学硕士
- 的 领导艺术硕士
- 的 Master of 工商管理
- Bachelor’s degrees available through 林肯 or online (Accounting, 农业综合企业, 工商管理, 计算, 健康科学, 人际关系, Liberal Arts Studies and Organizational Communication)
的 tuition discount also applies toward Doane’s two online Professional Certificates, the Principles of 农业综合企业 and Software Development.
