<p>I can’t understand how Touro’s education program is 36 credits and Columbia University is 52 credits for the same degree?</p>
<p>So many people have viewed this post, but nobody responds? Why?</p>
<p>What program at Columbia is 52 credits? Are you talking about a Master’s degree? Maybe you could provide a link?</p>
<p>I only know of Touro cause I have haredi inlaws who have gone there. Columbia was NOT an option for them, and they were planning on working within the Haredi community.</p>
<p>It would never have occured to me to compare Touro to Columbia. </p>
<p>I don’t know much about education degrees anyway. Many who clicked on your thread are probably in the same position. </p>
<p>There, my post wasn’t much help. Do you want more such posts which aren’t much help?</p>
<p>It depends on what the school means by “credit.” Some schools give 1 credit for a full academic course, while others give it 3 or 4 credits. Some give .5 credits for a non-academic class while others give 2.</p>
<p>You need to look at the courses and how credits are calculated, because otherwise you’re not comparing apples to apples.</p>
<p>I’m comparing graduate programs in a dual program: regular teacher and special education degree. Touro lists 36 credits and Columbia is 52 credits…</p>
<p>Are they legit?
Well if they use FAFSA for financial determination then I would assume that they are federally accredited.</p>
<p>The federal government doesn’t accredit, regional associations do.</p>
<p>I really wonder about them. A friend’s child went to one of their DO schools after not getting into med school. A year in, he said that what he saw was kids getting through their program (with huge loans) but not passing the boards. He left. At best, it seems marginal.</p>
<p>I know people around here who have gone to Touro Law. Haven’t heard about their education program but will ask for you – I have a good source.</p>
<p>Touro is a legitimate school, or group of schools, it seems. I only know of them in relation to their PharmD programs, which are accredited. For education programs, suggest you check with NYSEd for registered programs:
[Office</a> of Teaching Initiatives Home Page:OTI:NYSED](<a href=“OTI : NYSED”>Office of Teaching Initiatives Home Page:OTI:NYSED)</p>
<p>Touro (on Long Island) is legit. </p>
<p>Many law school graduates. (and yes they pass the bar and get good jobs even though it is a lower ranked law school.) BIL graduated #2 in class and got a job offer at the second largest law firm in NYC. Went on form there to great things.
PT program…
Just make sure the education degrees are accredited. I can’t imagine they wouldn’t be. I would have no reservation with someone attending or hiring a graduate.</p>
<p>I asked my source, who is an English prof at another LI college, about Touro and Columbia. She wasn’t familiar with Touro’s education program and believed that their “Columbia” program was not THE Columbia. She thought she remembered a “Columbia Writing Project” at Touro that used the name Columbia, but was not connected to the Ivy League school.</p>
<p>By no means is this definitive - I would call Touro and ask for clarification.</p>
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<p>Check anyway though. I have heard briefly of Touro and while it is lower-ranked and lower-profile than a good school, I am almost positive that it is fully accredited for its preprofessional programs at least. I would doublecheck with the state board of accreditation and any regional societies that applicable, just to be perfectly sure.</p>