<p>I’m wondering because I’m looking into Speech-Language Pathology and/or other graduate programs that could relate to the d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing.</p>
<p>I saw that Teacher’s College has:
Speech-Language Pathology (MS)
Education of the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Ed.D)
Physical Disabilities with an emphasis on the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Ph.D)</p>
<p>Then I noticed that it said, “The Ed.D. is in the Education of the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing and is administered and awarded through Teachers College itself as an affiliate of Columbia University…The Ph.D. in Physical Disabilities with an emphasis on the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing is administered and awarded through the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University.”</p>
<p>Does this mean the Speech-Language Pathology degree (or any other degree there, for that matter) ALSO won’t be a Columbia University degree, but a Teacher’s College degree? What will it say on the diploma?</p>
<p>Teachers College is affiliated with Columbia University. But it’s still kind of a ‘part’ of Columbia. I go to Columbia’s GSAS and I have a friend in the SLP program at TC.</p>
<p>TC students can use most of the same resources as students in Columbia schools - our libraries, our classrooms, other resources. They also have their own building with their own library and collections. They can be a part of Columbia graduate student organizations and such things. But in order to take classes at Columbia graduate schools, TC students have to cross-register (the process is not difficult at all; you just have to wait until cross-registration period to do it).</p>
<p>I’m in a Columbia program that’s technically a GSAS program but is housed and taught at another school (Mailman). Basically, the only thing that means is that the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) is the only Columbia unit that is authorized to grant PhDs at the university. Administratively, your PhD will come from the GSAS, but all of your instruction and advisement will be done within Teachers College. It only means bureaucratic and administrative differences, not academic ones. (For example, my financial aid and registration are handled through GSAS, but my advisement and housing are handled through Mailman.)</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter what your diploma says - no one will see it but you, and maybe the people who visit your office if you frame it on the wall. What matters is what’s on your CV, and most CVs I’ve seen say something like “Teachers College, Columbia University.” I <em>believe</em> the diplomas say something like “Teachers College of the Columbia University in the City of New York” or something like that.</p>