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Do you have a regional focus? Human rights education is a big part of TC, but as far as I know, the only tenure-track professor that specializes in it researches Africa. There's also a bunch of lecturers and visiting scholars that teach human rights. There used to be a professor who taught human rights education in India, but she left.

I loved my experience at TC for non-quantifiable reasons and understand where you're coming from. But if you look at grad school as means to an end (which, to many people here, is getting hired as an elementary / secondary teacher), an expensive Ivy League degree will lead to the same outcome as a degree from a reputable state school and will save you a lot of money in the process. And once you're all teachers in the same school...I don't think it really matters if you went to Columbia or Penn State or University of Nebraska, etc. I applied for several, very competitive doctoral programs this year, many of whom reported selecting just 5 students from a pool of 400+. So in that case - yes, an Ivy League degree probably helps. Universities are (not so surprisingly) conscientious about their own hierarchies.

Yes, brand name matters - though I think the difference between NYU and Columbia, especially within education, is relatively miniscule. I might be wrong however. There's a lot of discussions about name value within academia if you want to join the conversation: https://chroniclevitae.com/news/929-academia-s-1-percent In a doctoral application, recommendation letters and research experiences often carry a lot of weight. TC - while it admits a lot of students and usually doesn't fund them, hence the diploma mill reputation - has professors that are the top of their field. Having a well-known professor vouch for you can greatly benefit you. The trick is to not get lost in these programs - which is entirely possible, considering there is 100+ students in the masters program - and might actually be worse than attending a lesser known school. Ultimately, I think you should look at fit, money (and for me, institutional resources) when it comes to NYU and Columbia. For International Education, there's various subfields you can specialize in - literary education, peace education, education policy, education in emergency, monitoring and evaluation, human rights, environmental education, assessments, curriculum & teaching, etc - and you want to make sure there's classes being offered in that field while you're there. You don't want to go too much into debt - so factor in scholarships, work opportunities, etc. And look at institutional resources - I had the opportunity to organize panel discussions on inequality and educational opportunity with some of the top economists / political scientists / education scholars while at Columbia, which I found to be a hugely rewarding experience.

The IED Department at TC is in shambles - some of their best professors have left in the last year or so. But, quite frankly, it's a masters program, in which case your career outcome is less dependent on your professors than say a Ph.D, and if you're planning on doing international work, Columbia has a much better reputation than NYU.

I was accepted with half-tuition. I'm not sure. I'm still on the wait list for multiple schools and I already have a masters, albeit in a different field. I also feel silly moving half way across the country / going into debt for another masters. But I've heard good things about the program, so I guess I'll sit on it until the very last minute.

If anyone else is in a CUNY limbo (like me), I just got an email from potential POI that they aren't done admitting students yet. If you haven't been admitted or rejected, your application is still considered active...even if you don't have a high chance of getting admitted.

Didn't see anything on the results page, but has anyone been accepted to Hopkins? I was wait listed, but considering they only accept (approx) four students a year, I doubt I'll get in...

Has anyone heard from Johns Hopkins? Is it still too early?

Is anyone else in the CUNY limbo? I noticed acceptances / waitlists / rejections in the results page. When I contacted the admissions office, they told me they haven't been notified of my status from the department yet. Anyone have insight into how they're making decisions?