Lesley University

29 Everett St, Cambridge, MA 02138

http://www.lesley.edu/

White Hall on the Cambridge campus.
White Hall on the Cambridge campus.
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School Description

Provided by Lesley University

Lesley University is committed to active learning, scholarly research, critical inquiry, and diverse forms of artistic practice through close mentoring relationships among students, faculty, and practitioners in the field. Lesley prepares graduates with the knowledge, skill, understanding, and ethical judgment to be catalysts who shape a more just, humane, and sustainable world.

Lesley University prepares women and men for lives and careers that make a difference. A Lesley education empowers students with the knowledge, skills, and practical experiences they need to succeed as leaders in their professions and their communities. Members of the Lesley community believe in the power of individuals--working collaboratively--to bring about constructive change.

At Lesley, we recognize that you are more than a student – you’re a person in the process of learning, doing, and achieving more, and we’ve designed our programs to support your aspirations. At Lesley you’ll enjoy class sizes that are ideal for learning – small enough to foster lively academic discussions and one-on-one relationships with classmates and instructors, yet large enough to create an educational environment that is alive with new thinking and energy.

Lesley’s dynamic, highly qualified instructors are known both for their expertise and in their ability to teach and inspire students. And as a part of a university with more than 7,000 men and women, and 60,000 alumni worldwide, you will have both the resources, and a network of connections, that will help you advance your abilities, and your career.

When you graduate, you will leave Lesley with hundreds of new ideas. You’ll also leave with hundreds of hours of experience in your field, and the practical knowledge that will empower you take your next steps quickly and confidently. Along with your degree, you’ll leave Lesley with a very clear, very realistic view of how to make things better - for yourself and others, too. And you’ll be equipped with the tools to do it.

There’s something really wonderful about a small college within a large metropolitan area.

The comfort of seeing faces you recognize across the quad or across the classroom. College mixers and sporting events, study rooms and lounges where you can hang out and talk, all the way through to neighborhood coffee houses where they know your name and your order.

All this is nestled into one of the most culturally vibrant cities in the nation. Home to championship sports teams, extraordinary art, a thriving music scene, efficient public transportation and just a short ride away from beaches in the summer and mountains in the winter.

It’s a world of ideas and experiences all just steps away.

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Lesley University

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Lesley University is a private university with campuses in Boston and Cambridge, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Lesley College was founded by Edith Lesley in 1909 as The Lesley School, focused on early childhood education as a part of a larger international kindergarten movement established by Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel.

History

The Lesley School was a proprietary women's institution until 1941, when it reorganized under a board of trustees. The school was founded by Edith Lesley. The Lesley School received authority to award the baccalaureate degree in 1944 and became Lesley College. Lesley College received authority to award graduate degrees in 1954 and later expanded to provide majors in the fields of education, counseling, human services, global studies, art therapy, and management. In 1998, Lesley College merged with The Art Institute of Boston (AIB). Founded in 1912, AIB grants Baccalaureate and post-Baccalaureate degrees. Along with the graduate programs, these colleges emerged as Lesley University in 2001. In 2005, the university's undergraduate section, Lesley College, became co-educational.

Degree programs and accreditation

Lesley University, with its component undergraduate colleges, graduate colleges and institutes offers more than 20 undergraduate majors and over 90 Adult Bachelor's, Master's, Certificates of Advanced Graduate Study, and Ph.D. programs at its Boston and Cambridge campuses. The university also offers M.Ed. and Ed.S. programs at more than 150 learning sites in 23 U.S. states. The university is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

Schools

  • The Art Institute of Boston
  • Lesley College
  • School of Education
  • Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences

Lesley University also has an adult bachelor's degree program, offering on- and off-campus courses and online classes targeted toward adult learners.

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Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location:
Northeast
Setting:
Mid-size City Setting
Type:
Private
Size:
Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)
Mascot:
Lynx

Students & Campus Life

Undergraduate Enrollment:
1,435
On Campus Housing:
Available
Full Time Students:
92%
Athletic Programs:
Available
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 22,850
Students Receiving Aid:
81%
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Admissions

Application Fee:
$ 40
Selectivity:
Selective
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Degree Programs at Lesley University

Associate's Level Programs

Bachelor's Level Programs

  • Agriculture and Natural Resources

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      • Environmental Studies.
        A program that focuses on environment-related issues using scientific, social scientific, or humanistic approaches or a combination. Includes instruction in the basic principles of ecology and environmental science and related subjects such as policy, politics, law, economics, social aspects, planning, pollution control, natural resources, and the interactions of human beings and nature.
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  • Arts & Humanities

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      • Art/Art Studies
        Art and Art Studies is a general, introductory program that focuses on the study and appreciation of the visual arts. Students of these two or four year programs receive instruction in art, photography, and other visual communications media.
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      • Fine/Studio Arts
        A program that prepares individuals to generally function as creative artists in the visual and plastic media. Includes instruction in the traditional fine arts media (drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, CAD/CAM) and/or modern media (ceramics, textiles, intermedia, photography, digital images); theory of art; color theory; composition and perspective; anatomy; the techniques and procedures for maintaining equipment and managing a studio; and art portfolio marketing.
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  • Business

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      • Business/Managerial Operations
        Generally, this program prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control a firm or organization. To aid them in taking a leading role in business, individuals in this program study management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.
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      • Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
        A program that prepares individuals to manage the business affairs of non-profit corporations, including foundations, educational institutions, associations, and other such organizations, and public agencies and governmental operations. Includes instruction in business management, principles of public administration, principles of accounting and financial management, human resources management, taxation of non-profit organizations, and business law as applied to non-profit organizations.
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  • Communication & Media

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    • Commercial & Advertising Art
      A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to use artistic techniques to effectively communicate ideas and information to business and consumer audiences via illustrations and other forms of digital or printed media. Includes instruction in concept design, layout, paste-up, and techniques such as engraving, etching, silkscreen, lithography, offset, drawing and cartooning, painting, collage, and computer graphics.
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    • Photography
      A program that focuses on the principles and techniques of communicating information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the creation of images on photographic film, plates, digital images and that may prepare individuals to be professional photographic artists. Includes instruction in camera and equipment operation and maintenance, film and plate developing, light and composition, films and printing media, color and special effects, photographic art, photographic history, use of computer applications to record or enhance images and applications to the photography of various subjects.
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  • Education

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      • Educational Leadership and Administration
        A program that focuses on the general principles and techniques of administering a wide variety of schools and other educational organizations and facilities, supervising educational personnel at the school or staff level, and that may prepare individuals as general administrators and supervisors.
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      • Educational/Instructional Media Design
        A program that focuses on the principles and techniques of creating instructional products and related educational resources in various formats or combinations such as film, video, recording, text, art, CD-ROM, computer software, virtual reality technology, and three-dimensional objects, and that prepares individuals to function as instructional media designers. Includes instruction in the techniques specific to creating in various media; the behavioral principles applicable to using various media in learning and teaching; the design, testing and production of instructional materials; and the management of educational/instructional media facilities and programs.
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      • General Education
        A program that focuses on the general theory and practice of learning and teaching; the basic principles of educational psychology; the art of teaching; the planning and administration of educational activities; school safety and health issues; and the social foundations of education.
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    • Special Needs Education See more schools with programs in Special Needs Education
      • Special Education and Teaching
        A general program that focuses on the design and provision of teaching and other educational services to children or adults with special learning needs or disabilities, and that may prepare individuals to function as special education teachers. Includes instruction in diagnosing learning disabilities, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising special education students, special education counseling, and applicable laws and policies.
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      • Early Childhood Education
        A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject matter.
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      • Elementary Education and Teaching
        A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary education subject matter.
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      • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
        A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the middle, intermediate or junior high grades, which may include grades four through nine by regulation.
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  • Health & Medical Services

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  • Social Sciences

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    • General Social Sciences
      A program that focuses on the general study of human social behavior and social institutions using any of the methodologies common to the social sciences and/or history, or an undifferentiated program of study in the social sciences.
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      • Community Psychology
        A program that prepares individuals to apply psychological principles to the analysis of social problems, and the implementation of intervention strategies for addressing these problems. Includes instruction in social ecology, primary and secondary prevention of social pathologies, social intervention strategies and tactics, large group counseling, social services systems behavior, creating settings, cultural stress, and the dynamics of social change.
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      • Counseling Psychology
        A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of psychological counseling, involving the rendering of therapeutic services to individuals and groups experiencing psychological problems and exhibiting distress symptoms. Includes instruction in counseling theory, therapeutic intervention strategies, patient/counselor relationships, testing and assessment methods and procedures, group therapy, marital and family therapy, child and adolescent therapy, supervised counseling practice, ethical standards, and applicable regulations.
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      • Developmental and Child Psychology
        A program that focuses on the scientific study of the psychological growth and development of individuals from infancy through adulthood. Includes instruction in cognitive and perceptual development, emotional development, personality development, the effects of biological maturation on behavior, theories of cognitive growth and related research methods, testing and assessment methods for different age levels, research on child and adolescent behavior therapy, and the psychology of aging. Note ( Family and Human Development Studies/Individual and Family Development Studies, General, have been integrated into Developmental and Child Psychology because the definitions are virtually the same for the two programs.
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  • Social Work

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    • Community Organization and Advocacy
      A program that focuses on the theories, principles, and practice of providing services to communities, organizing communities and neighborhoods for social action, serving as community liaisons to public agencies, and using community resources to furnish information, instruction, and assistance to all members of a community. May prepare individuals to apply such knowledge and skills in community service positions.
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Master's Level Programs

  • Agriculture and Natural Resources

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      • Environmental Studies.
        A program that focuses on environment-related issues using scientific, social scientific, or humanistic approaches or a combination. Includes instruction in the basic principles of ecology and environmental science and related subjects such as policy, politics, law, economics, social aspects, planning, pollution control, natural resources, and the interactions of human beings and nature.
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  • Arts & Humanities

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    • General Studies See more schools with programs in General Studies
    • Visual Arts See more schools with programs in Visual Arts
      • Fine/Studio Arts
        A program that prepares individuals to generally function as creative artists in the visual and plastic media. Includes instruction in the traditional fine arts media (drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, CAD/CAM) and/or modern media (ceramics, textiles, intermedia, photography, digital images); theory of art; color theory; composition and perspective; anatomy; the techniques and procedures for maintaining equipment and managing a studio; and art portfolio marketing.
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  • Business

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    • Management See more schools with programs in Management
      • Business/Managerial Operations
        Generally, this program prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control a firm or organization. To aid them in taking a leading role in business, individuals in this program study management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.
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  • Education

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      • Educational Leadership and Administration
        A program that focuses on the general principles and techniques of administering a wide variety of schools and other educational organizations and facilities, supervising educational personnel at the school or staff level, and that may prepare individuals as general administrators and supervisors.
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    • General Education See more schools with programs in General Education
      • Curriculum and Instruction
        A program that focuses on the curriculum and related instructional processes and tools, and that may prepare individuals to serve as professional curriculum specialists. Includes instruction in curriculum theory, curriculum design and planning, instructional material design and evaluation, curriculum evaluation, and applications to specific subject matter, programs or educational levels.
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      • General Education
        A program that focuses on the general theory and practice of learning and teaching; the basic principles of educational psychology; the art of teaching; the planning and administration of educational activities; school safety and health issues; and the social foundations of education.
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    • Special Needs Education See more schools with programs in Special Needs Education
      • Special Education and Teaching
        A general program that focuses on the design and provision of teaching and other educational services to children or adults with special learning needs or disabilities, and that may prepare individuals to function as special education teachers. Includes instruction in diagnosing learning disabilities, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising special education students, special education counseling, and applicable laws and policies.
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    • Teacher Training See more schools with programs in Teacher Training
      • Computer Teacher Education
        A program that prepares individuals to teach computer education programs at various educational levels.
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      • Early Childhood Education
        A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject matter.
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      • Elementary Education and Teaching
        A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary education subject matter.
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      • English/Language Arts Teacher Education
        A program that prepares individuals to teach English grammar, composition and literature programs at various educational levels.
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      • History Teacher Education
        A program that prepares individuals to teach history programs at various educational levels.
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      • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
        A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the middle, intermediate or junior high grades, which may include grades four through nine by regulation.
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      • Mathematics Teacher Education
        A program that prepares individuals to teach mathematics programs at various educational levels.
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      • Other Education
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      • Reading Teacher Education
        A program that prepares individuals to diagnose reading difficulties and to teach reading programs at various educational levels.
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      • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
        A program that prepares individuals to teach general science programs, or a combination of the biological and physical science subject matter areas, at various educational levels.
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      • Social Studies Teacher Education
        A program that prepares individuals to teach general social studies programs at various educational levels.
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  • Health & Medical Services

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  • Interdisciplinary Studies

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    • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
      Any instructional program that is derived from two or more distinct programs to provide a cross-cutting focus on a subject concentration that is not subsumed under a single discipline or occupational field.
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  • Life Science

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      • Ecology
        A program that focuses on the scientific study of the relationships and interactions of small-scale biological systems, such as organisms, to each other, to complex and whole systems, and to the physical and other non-biological aspects of their environments. Includes instruction in biogeochemistry; landscape and/or marine/aquatic dynamics; decomposition; global and regional elemental budgets; biotic and abiotic regulation of nutrient cycles; ecophysiology; ecosystem resilience, disturbance, and succession; community and habitat dynamics; organismal interactions (co-evolution, competition, predation); paleoecology, and evolutionary ecology.
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  • Social Sciences

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      • Counseling Psychology
        A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of psychological counseling, involving the rendering of therapeutic services to individuals and groups experiencing psychological problems and exhibiting distress symptoms. Includes instruction in counseling theory, therapeutic intervention strategies, patient/counselor relationships, testing and assessment methods and procedures, group therapy, marital and family therapy, child and adolescent therapy, supervised counseling practice, ethical standards, and applicable regulations.
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Students

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 92%
Part-Time 8%
Men vs. Women
Women 76%
Men 24%
Race/Ethnicity
Other 49%
Caucasian 42%
African-American 6%
Hispanic 2%
Asian 1%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 62%
Out-of-State 38%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Massachusetts 62%
New Hampshire 6%
Maine 5%
New York 5%
Connecticut 4%
Percent of Students International: 1%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 13%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: Yes

Athletics

Member of: NAA, NCAA
Sports Include: Basketball (North Atlantic Conference)
Track (North Atlantic Conference)
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 22,850    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 22,600    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 250    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 3,767 32%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 1,963 24%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 11,326 81%  
Student Loans:
$ 3,639 81%  
Any Aid:
  81%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 72% (Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 93%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 480, Math: 450
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 600, Math: 560
ACT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting ACT Scores: 11%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Composite: 19, Verbal: 19, Math: 17
Top 75th Percentile: Composite: 25, Verbal: 26, Math: 23

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 40.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Required
High School GPA: Required
High School Rank: Recommended
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Required
TOEFL: Required
Test Scores: Required

College Advice

Yahoo

Question: Anyone knows about lesley university in boston?

Anyone knows about lesley university in boston? Is that a good university for undergrad? I wanna know is that a well-reputed university? Is that hard to get into?
13 months ago

Best Answer

Not completely horrible. From collegeboard.com: 15% in top 10th of graduating class 25% in top quarter of graduating class 84% in top half of graduating class 4% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher 11% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74 13% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49 23% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24 34% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99 14% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49 1% had h.s. GPA between 1.0 and 1.99

Question: Lesley University?

Does anyone out there go to Lesley University? I'm starting my senior year in high school and of course that means thinking about college. I found Lesley in a college directory and thought it might fit for me. I'm looking to go into education so I'd also like to know what people think of their education program as well.
29 months ago

Best Answer

Lesley University is fine, and education is one of their stronger departments. If you think it's a good fit, then great!

Question: Is lesley university in cambridge, Mass considered a top M.Ed school?

I've heard alot about it but it seems to be too easy to get into, when compared to the other schools its grouped with (berkeley, maryland, stanford, columbia, harvard)
41 months ago

Best Answer

@#@#@# Description: The Creative Arts in Learning Program has earned a far reaching reputation for its innovative perspective on the arts. Educators and other professionals seeking to integrate the arts into many different areas of learning, from classrooms to museums to community programs, value the program's highly creative and spirited atmosphere. The program's strength rests in its underlying philosophy that the arts are central to human learning, and can serve as a foundation for education in many different settings. Rather than designing an entire degree program around a single arts modality, students are exposed to all the arts --dance and creative movement, drama and theater, music, the visual arts, storytelling and poetry. Also offered are joint programs in which Creative Arts are combined with Initial Teacher Licensure programs for Early Childhood (Pre K - 2) or Elementary Education (1-6). Degree(s): Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Creative Arts in Learning Program M.Ed. - Creative Arts in Learning; M.Ed. - Joint Early Childhood (Pre-K2)/Creative Arts in Learning; M.Ed. - Joint Elementary Education (1-6)/Creative Arts in Learning; M.Ed. - Curriculum and Instruction with a Creative Arts In Learning Specialization (all levels); Remember... People skills determine 85% of your success in life.

Best Answer

me, me, me- I go to Lesley I liked very much I came back as a grad student. i'm older so I don't know how the younger kids like it, it worked for me-what's bad is that the campus is very spread out- there are classes up the street- the art school (Art Institute oif Boston) is located in Kenmore Square- the biggest complaint is parking. I shouldn't complain because harvard is more spread out than Lesley. another complaint is about the teacher Practicum requirements (but they say they will help you) Depending on your major Lesley is very flexible it was originally a teacher college so there are alot of Education Majors there women's college division just went co-ed it's way cheaper than harvard- but as a education major finding a job it speaks volumes

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Lesley University
Cambridge, MA 02138
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