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Zig Ziglar (1926-2012) was known as one of the worlds most famous salesmen. He was a motivational speaker, self-help author and salesman. As a motivational speaker he inspired millions of people to achieve success based on his philosophy of attitude, skills and character. As a best-selling author, Zig Ziglar has written more than 30 sales and motivational self-help books. Two of his most famous books are: See You at the Top and Better Than Good: Creating a Life You Cant Wait to Live.

Below are some best Zig Ziglar quotes.

1. You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. Zig Ziglar

2. You dont have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. Zig Ziglar

3. Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs. Zig Ziglar

4. You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want. Zig Ziglar

5. Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. Zig Ziglar

6. A goal properly set is halfway reached. Zig Ziglar

7. Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation. Zig Ziglar

8. People often say that motivation doesnt last. Well, neither does bathing thats why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar

9. You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure. Zig Ziglar

10. If you dont see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner. Zig Ziglar

11. Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. Zig Ziglar

12. Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission. Zig Ziglar

13. Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesnt solve any problems. Zig Ziglar

14. Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity. Zig Ziglar

15. If you aim at nothing, youll hit it every time. Zig Ziglar

16. Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur. Zig Ziglar

17. If people like you, theyll listen to you, but if they trust you, theyll do business with you. Zig Ziglar

18. Dont count the things you do, do the things that count. Zig Ziglar

19. Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too. Zig Ziglar

20. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have. Zig Ziglar

21. Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days. Zig Ziglar

22. There are no traffic jams on the extra mile. Zig Ziglar

23. Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. Zig Ziglar

24. The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity. Zig Ziglar

25. Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully. Zig Ziglar

26. Every choice you make has an end result. Zig Ziglar

27. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have. Zig Ziglar

28. In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in! Zig Ziglar

29. If you want to earn more, learn more. Zig Ziglar

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32. You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success. Zig Ziglar

33. Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running. Zig Ziglar

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39. Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street. Zig Ziglar

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44. Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it. Zig Ziglar

45. Make today worth remembering. Zig Ziglar

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47. What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Zig Ziglar

48. Dont become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific. Zig Ziglar

49. Remember that failure is an event, not a person. Zig Ziglar

50. Money isnt the most important thing in life, but its reasonably close to oxygen on the gotta have it scale. Zig Ziglar

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Integral yoga, also called supramental yoga, is the yoga-based philosophy and practice of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother (Mirra Alfassa). Integral yoga finds all life conscious or subconscious a yoga, defines the term yoga as a methodised effort towards self-perfection by the expression of the secret potentialities latent in the being and highest condition of victory in that effort - a union of the human individual with the universal and transcendent existence which is seen partially as expressions in humans and in the cosmos. As a yoga idea, that Spirit manifests itself in a process of involution. The reverse process of evolution is driven toward a complete manifestation of spirit.

According to Sri Aurobindo, the current status of human evolution is an intermediate stage in the evolution of being, which is on its way to the unfolding of the spirit, and the self-revelation of divinity in all things. Yoga is a rapid and concentrated evolution of being, which can take effect in one life-time, while unassisted natural evolution would take many centuries or many births. Aurobindo suggests a grand program called sapta chatushtaya (seven quadrates) to aid this evolution.

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Sri Aurobindo finds that there are two extreme views of life, The materialists & The Ascetics

The Materialists: He finds materialists would only accept the existance of matter or force and deny anything else, & would in their argument find anything which is not knowable (that which would escape once thought and speech) as inert or a passive, silent Atman, an illusion or a hallucination, this affirmation by the materialists is based on the association of the real with the materially perceptible, and becomes the basis of his assumption on all his arguments. Which Sri Aurobindo finds cannot give a impartial reasoning. Due to the above notion the materialists would refuse any further inquiry, thus never having a satisfied understanding. He recommends that the only way to reconcile the materialistic mind with the other truth would be to cross over the layers of inner consciouness either by objective analysis of life & mind as to matter or by subjective synthesis and illumination, arrive at a state of the ultimate unity without denying the energy of the expressing multiplicity of the universe.He finds that the current World is in a state of rationalistic materialism, & finds that this rationalistic movement has served human kind in a positive way, by purifying intellect from the dogmas, superstitions clearing path to a better advancement of Humanity.. Sri Aurobindo finds that root of this Scientific movement to be a search for knowledge, due to this root the movement would not come to an halt & it's progress is a sure sign that it would carry forward in reaching the other part of knowledge which vedantins had found in a different way..

The Ascetics: would only accept spirit/Atman and terming the remaining as mechanical unintelligent substance or energy, leading to believing the reality to be an illusion of senses. Sri Aurobindo finds when the mind retracts from external activities and has experience of silence, a powerfull convincing experience that only the pure self or non-being is real leads them to disregard the outer world. he finds this as an revolt of spirit on matter which was made famous by Buddhism affirming that it is impossible to find a solution in the world which is termed to be dual in nature, but to escape into Nirvana, Brahmaloka or Goloka as beyond. He finds that this apporach is slowly comming to an end and had it's importance as the part of evolution, but is quite different than what was present in vedic period.

Sri Aurobindo terms the Integral yoga to hava a commprehensive approach not rejecting both the ways and towards what vedantins had affirmed. and affirms that not only the eternal spirit which inhibits a body as the divinde but also matter to be divine.

Spirit or satchitananda is the Absolute, the source of all that exists.[web 1] It is the One, having three aspects: Sat (truth), Citta (consciousness, awareness), and ananda (bliss, happiness).

Involution is the extension of Spirit, the Absolute, to create a universe of separate forms. Being manifests itself as a multiplicity of forms, meanwhile becoming lost in the inconscience of matter.[10] The first manifestation of Spirit in the process of involution is as Satchitananda, and then as Supermind, the intermediate link between the higher (Spirit) and lower (matter, life, and mind) nature.[11]

According to Aurobindo the world is a differentiated unity. It is a manifold oneness, that generates an infinite variety of lifeforms and substances. The lifeforms and substances are stretched out on a wide range, from physical matter to a pure form of spiritual being, where the subject becomes fully aware of itself as spirit:

Above Mind proper lie various higher levels of Mind, which ascend toward Spirit.

Through evolution Spirit rediscoveres itself as Spirit. Evolution follows a developmental trajectory from the original inconscience of matter into life, to mind, and then to spiritualized mind, culminating in The Supermind or Truth Consciousness.[14] Evolution is teleological, since the developing entity contains within itself already the totality toward which it develops. It is not a mechanistic or deterministic teleology, but a "manifestation of all the possibilities inherent in the total movement."

The goal of Integral yoga is to become aware of the Divine, to integrate the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of ourselves, and to manifest the Divine at earth. According to Sri Aurobindo, all life is Yoga, while Yoga as a sadhana is a methodised effort towards self-perfection, which brings to expression the latent, hidden potentialities of being. Success in this effort unifies the human individual with the universal and transcendental Existence. Integral yoga reunites "the infinite in the finite, the timeless in the temporal and the transcendent with the immanent.

Sri Aurobindo discerns three types of being, namely the Outer being, the Inner being, and the Psychic Being.

The Outer Being includes the physical, vital and mental levels of Being, which characterises our everyday consciousness and experience. It includes several levels of the subconscient: a mental subconscient, a vital subconscient, and a physical subconscient, down to the material Inconscient.[web 2] Integral Yoga involves going beyond this surface consciousness to the larger life of the Inner Being, which is more open to spiritual realisation.

The Inner Being, or Subliminal, includes the inner realms or aspects of the physical, vital and mental being. They have a larger, subtler, freer consciousness than that of the everyday consciousness. Its realisation is essential for any higher spiritual realisation.

The Inner Being is also transitional between the surface or Outer Being and the Psychic or Inmost Being. By doing yoga practice (sadhana), the inner consciousness is being opened, and life turns away from the outward to the inward. The inner consciousness becomes more real than the outer consciousness, and becomes a peace, happiness and closeness to the Divine.[21]

The Psychic Being is Sri Aurobindo's term for the Personal Evolving Soul, the principle of Divine spirit in every individual.[note 1] The Psychic is the "Innermost Being",[note 2] the permanent being in us that stands behind and supports the physical, vital and mental principles. It "uses mind, life and body as its instruments," undergoing their fate yet also transcending them.[24]

In Integral Yoga the goal is to move inward and discover the Psychic Being, which then can bring about a transformation of the outer nature. This transformation of the outer being or ego by the Psychic is called Psychicisation; it is one of the three necessary stages in the realisation of the Supramental consciousness. This Psychic transformation is the decisive movement that enables a never-ending progress in life, through the power of connecting to one's inner spirit or Divine Essence. The Psychic begins its evolution completely veiled and hidden, but grows through successive lifetimes, and gradually exerts a greater influence, taking on the role of spiritual Guide.[25]

Central Being refers to the transcendent and eternal spirit, as opposed to the incarnate and evolving Soul, which he calls the Psychic Being. Sometimes it refers to both of them together as the essential spiritual core of the being.[26] The Central Being "presides over the different births one after the other but is itself unborn" (ibid p.269). This transcendent Central Being or Spirit is also designated as the Jiva or Jivatman, although the meaning of these terms in Sri Aurobindo's philosophy differs greatly from that of much of conventional Vedanta (especially Advaita Vedanta)

The levels of being ascend from the inconscient to the Supermind.

Inconscient Matter is the lowest level of involution. Spirit is still present in the inconscient: "The Inconscient is the Superconscient's sleep."[web 2] The Inconscient is also the instrument of the Superconsciousness which has created the Universe. According to Satprem, the Inconscient lies at the bottom of the physical subconscient,[web 2] and "life emerged [...] at the border between the material inconscient and the physical consciousness [...] in our body.[web 2]

The physical, vital and mental levels of being contain both a subconscient and a subtle or subliminal part.

The subconscient parts are the submerged parts. It contains "obstinate samskaras, impressions, associations, fixed notions, habitual reactions formed by the past." According to Satprem, there are several levels of the subconscient, corresponding with the different levels of our being: a mental subconscient, a vital subconscient, and a physical subconscient, down to the material Inconscient.[web 2]

According to Aurobindo, the body is partly a creation of the inconscient or subconscient. According to The Mother, the ordinary, false consciousness, which is common to material body-consciousness, is derived from the subconscient and the inconscient. According to Aurobindo, the outer being depends on the subconscient, which hinders the spiritual progress. Only by living in the inner being can this obstacle be overcome.

According to Sharma, the subconscient is "the inconscient in the proces of becoming conscient." It is a submerged part of the personality without waking consciousness, but which does receive impressions, and influences the conscious mind. According to Sharma, it includes the unconscious mind which is described by psychologists like Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, though it includes much more than the unconscious of (Freudian) psychology.[note 3]

The subtle or subliminal is the subtle, higher counterpart of the subconscient. According to Sharma, "it has an inner mind, an inner vital being, and an inner subtle physical being, wider than man's consciousness." It can directly experience the Universal, and "it is the source of inspirations, intuitions, ideas, will [...] as well as [...] telepathy [and] clearvoyance."

The gross body commonly referred to in yoga constitutes mainly of two parts the material physical body (annakosha) and the nervous system normally refer to as vital vehicle (Prana kosha) in Integral yoga.

The Physical level refers to both the physical body and the body's consciousness. The body is just as conscious as the vital and mental parts of the being, only it is a different type of consciousness. The Physical not only shades upwards to higher ontological levels, but also downwards into the Subconscient.[note 4]

The Subtle physical is Sri Aurobindo's term for a subtler aspect of the physical nature. This has many qualities not found in the gross physical nature. In The Agenda, The Mother often refers to it. It might be compared to the etheric body and plane, or even the astral body and plane. The term "subtle physical" is used to distinguish it from gross (sthula) or outer material physical.[note 5]

The Vital level of the being refers to the life force, but also to the various passions, desires, feelings, emotions, affects, compulsions, and likes and dislikes. These strongly determine human motivation and action through desire and enthusiasm.

Unlike Western psychology, in which mind, emotions, instincts, and consciousness are all lumped together, Sri Aurobindo strongly distinguishes between the "Vital" and the "Mental" faculties.

In addition to the individual Vital faculty, Sri Aurobindo refers to a Vital Plane or Vital world, which would seem to be partly equivalent to the Astral Plane of popular occultism and New Age thought.

Mind proper is the conceptual and cognitive mind. Mind is a subordinate process of the Supermind. It is the intermediary stage between the Divine and the mundane life. It works by measuring and dividing reality, and has lost sight of the Divine. It is the seat of ignorance, yet it is still capable of an upward ascent toward the Divine.

Unlike Western psychology, in which mind and consciousness are considered the same, Sri Aurobindo strongly distinguishes between the "Mental" and the "Vital" (emotional) faculties, as well as between Mind and pure Consciousness. Sri Aurobindo in part bases his concept of the Mental on his reading of the Taittiriya Upanishad, the mental being (or perhaps just the Mental Purusha) is the mano-maya-atma - the self made of mind (manas).

For Sri Aurobindo, Mind or the Mental being is not simple and uniform, but consists itself of various strata and subdivisions, which act at different levels of being. These various faculties are described or variously referred to, usually in obliquely or in passing, in some of his books, including Savitri, which has poetic references to many types of Mind.[45] In his letters answering questions from disciples, Sri Aurobindo summarises the characteristics of the various levels of Mind.[46][note 6]

Above mind proper lie various higher individual levels of mind, namely the Higher Mind, Illumined Mind, Intuitive Mind and Overmind, which ascend toward the Spirit, and provide a higher and more inclusive vision of reality:

Supermind is the infinite unitary Truth Consciousness or Truth-Idea beyond the three lower planes of Matter, Life, and Mind. Supermind is the dynamic form of Sachchidananda (Being-Consciousness-Bliss), and the necessary mediator or link between the transcendent Sacchidananda and the creation.[52]

Humans are stuck between matter and Spirit, due to the habits of personality and partial awareness, which arise from Ignorance.

Humans are accustomed to respond to certain vibrations more than other. These customs develop into one's desire, pain, feelings, which are all a set of habits. This crystallised set of habits becomes one's personality. This is normally believed to be "self". The appearance of stable personality is given by constant repetition and recurrence of the same vibrations and formations.

According to Aurobindo, humans face three basic problems:

The fundamental cause of falsehood, error and evil is Ignorance. Ignorance is a self-limiting knowledge, which arises with exclusive concentration in a single field. According to Aurobindo, human notion of good, bad & evil are uncertain and relative.

Unlike other Yoga practices Integral yoga does not propose any kind of physical asanas, breathing techniques or external movements. It is more psychological in nature, with internal reflection and self analysis & correction as main tools of development .

The main practices or approaches are divided into

The limitations of the present being can be overcome by the Triple transformation, the process in which the lower nature is transformed into the divine nature. It consists of the inward psychicisation by which the sadhak gets in contact with the inner divine principle or Psychic Being; the spiritual transformation or spiritualisation; and the Supramentalisation of the entire being.[note 9]

Psychicisation is a turn inward, so that one realises the psychic being, the psychic personality or Divine Soul, in the core of one's being. The Divine Soul serves as a spiritual Guide in the yoga, and enables one to transform the outer being.[59] It may also help avoid the dangers of the spiritual path. There is an intermediate zone, a dangerous and misleading transitional spiritual and pseudospiritual region between the ordinary consciousness and true spiritual realisation.[60]

Psychisiation consists of three methods. In "consecration" one opens oneself to the Force before engaging in an activity. "Moving to the Depths" (or "concentration") is a movement away from the surface existence to a deeper existence within. "Surrender" means offering all one's work, one's life to the Divine Force and Intent.[61][62] Guided by the evolving divine soul within, the sadhak moves away from ego, ignorance, finiteness, and the limitations of the outer being. It is thanks to this guidance by the Divine Soul that the sadhak can avoid the pitfalls of the spiritual path.

As a result of the Psychicisation, light, peace, and power descend into the body, transforming all of its parts, physical, vital, and mental. This is the Spiritual transformation, or Spiritualisation, the concretisation of the larger spiritual consciousness. It is equivalent to "enlightenment", as found in Vedanta and Buddhism.

Aurobindo asserted that spiritual aspirants may pass through an intermediate zone where experiences of force, inspiration, illumination, light, joy, expansion, power, and freedom from normal limits are possible. These can become associated with personal aspirations, ambitions, notions of spiritual fulfilment and yogic siddhi, and even be falsely interpreted as full spiritual realisation. One can pass through this zone, and the associated spiritual dangers, without harm by perceiving its real nature, and seeing through the misleading experiences. Those who go astray in it may end in a spiritual disaster, or may remain stuck there and adopt some half-truth as the whole truth, or become an instrument of lesser powers of these transitional planes. According to Aurobindo, this happens to many sadhaks and yogis.[63][64]

Supramentalisation is the realisation of the Supermind, or Supramental consciousness, and the resulting transformation of the entire being. Psychicisation and spirtualisation serve as necessary prerequisites for the Supramentalisation of the entire being.[65]

The supramental transformation is the final stage in the integral yoga, enabling the birth of a new individual, fully formed by the supramental power. Such individuals would be the forerunners of a new supra-humanity, grounded in truth-consciousness. All aspects of division and ignorance of consciousness, at the vital and mental levels, would be overcome, and replaced with a unity of consciousness at every plane. And even the physical body transformed and divinised. A new supramental species would then emerge, living a supramental, gnostic, divine life on earth.[66]

Aurobindo describes several results and different stages depicting the stages of development in integral yoga, called together the sapta chatushtaya, "seven quadrates."[web 3][web 4][note 10] It consists of:.[web 3]

Aurobindo had a strong influence on Ken Wilber's integral theory of spiritual development. Wilber's Causal and Ultimate stages closely resemble Aurobindo's higher mental stages, but Wilber lumps together levels of Being, types of Being and developmental stages.

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A STORY OF THE RISE OF AN EVOLUTIONARY WOMAN

Barbara Marx Hubbard is an Evolutionary Woman. She has offered and developed the new worldview of Conscious Evolution as the fundamental context for the next stage of human evolution. She has written eight books and 195 volumes of Journal begun in 1948 to be communicated over Deepak Chopras ISHAR, a new communication system and archive for evolutionaries. She founded and led the Foundation for Conscious Evolution since 1993 and is the co-chair of the Center for Integral Wisdom, cofounder of the Association for Global New Thought and the World Future Society, a member of Evolutionary Leaders Group, the Club of Budapest and more.

Evolutionary Women fall in love attracted by shared purpose to fulfill their greater destiny.

In 1951, Barbara married artist Earl Hubbard. They met in a small caf on the left bank in Paris in 1948 where she was on her Junior Year abroad from Bryn Mawr College.

Earl came in, a handsome American, and sat opposite her at the little wooden table. The chestnuts roasted in the fire. The November day was cold. She had been trying to be an existentialist, to believe there was no deeper meaning but what she gave it. She wore her beret, smoked Gaulois and had half a bottle of red wine for lunch. She was depressed. Soon she gained her courage, smiled, offered him some of her wine and asked him her fundamental life question: What do you think is the meaning of all our new scientific, technological, industrial power that is good?

He amazed her by saying, I am an artist seeking a new image of man commensurate with our powers to shape the future.

He told her that when a culture loses its story, it loses its greatness. We lost our grand narrative. We could no longer believe in the Renaissance story of progress after the two world wars, the holocaust, and the loss of millions of lives. At that time in Paris the worldviews were existentialism, nihilism, absurdism, materialism. No one at the Ecole des Sciences Politiques where she was in school had any hope, yet she was innately hopeful. But about what? That was her question.

Earl enthralled her. He told her it was up to the artist to help humanity find its new story. As he spoke it flashed through her mind, Im going to marry you. And she did!

They married in 1951 in New York City and had five children. She wrote and edited several books with Earl, including The Search Is On, in deep morning breakfast dialogues as they sought to understand the next step in human evolution as a cultural humanity now being born into the Earth/space environment.

Gradually, she realized that something profound was missing in her life. She loved her husband, her children and was following all the requirements of the 1951 women: Get married, have as many children as possible and care for your husband and home. She did it all with love, yet she became deeply depressed, feeling she was literally turning into stone.

Inspired by the great American dream that we are seeking life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, she set out to discover who was happy in Lakeville, Connecticut. To her dismay, she found a sort of mildew of depression coating the comfortable lives of this exurban community. Something was missing. What was it?

During the 1960s she found the answer through Abraham H. Maslows Toward a Psychology of Being. As a psychiatrist studying wellness rather than illness, he discovered that all Self Actualizing happy, beneficent people had one thing in common: Chosen work they found intrinsically self rewarding and of service.

He advised everyone to Be bold. Do what attracts you.

What attracted her was Dr. Maslow, so she was bold, called him up, asked him for lunch, and he came!

That was the beginning of her emergence as an Evolutionary Woman. It happens when the woman learns that her depression is a signal for something more to be expressed, and learns to say YES to the impulse of attraction within her. The something more begins to be revealed.

At the lunch, Dr. Maslow gave her a list of 300 people, his Eupsychian Network of Good Souls, that he had collected over a lifetime. Many of them became founders of the human potential movement. Her YES had brought her in touch with the newly emerging network of evolutionary transformation.

She returned from the New York luncheon determined to transform her life with this precious list. She wrote a letter to all three hundred people, asking them what they thought was The Next Step for the Future Good. She offered to publish their key responses in the Center Letter, which she created herself.

In the early 1960s she read Teilhard de Chardins The Phenomenon of Man. She was thrilled to discover evolution has a purpose. For billions of years it has been moving from single cell, to multi-cell, to animal, to human and now to us. The inner drive, the consciousness force, the divine in nature had a direction toward higher consciousness, purpose and more complex of synergistic order. The epiphany was the amazing realization that the direction of evolution and her own are one.

The Evolutionary Woman gains a new identity. She is the universe in person. Her passion to grow, to love more, be more, create more is the Eros of the Universe itself animating her.

Teilhard intuited the next stage of evolution. Before the Internet, he declared that the noosphere, the thinking layer of Earth would one day get its collective eyes. When enough love and creativity entered that field of the planetary nervous system, (now growing rapidly through internet, Facebook , Twitter, etc.), people would be changed, not one by one, but all at once. He called it the Christification of the Earth.

Barbara was deeply excited. In some intuitive way she realized that it was her mission to help the noosphere get its collective eyes and to help the nervous system of the planet to be filled with innovation and love. She realized it was like the nervous system of a new born baby, about to wake up a new planetary consciousness. A vocation of destiny was born. She yearned to become a communicator of evolutionary potential.

Evolutionary Women are animated by a unique expression of the Impulse of Evolution as their own calling to evolve.

Through the great Indian Sage Sri Aurobindos magnum opus The Life Divine, she learned that the impulse of evolution, the supramental genius of evolution was arising in evolving humans. At some point, he prophesied, we would become Gnostic Humans, a new species, beyond the animal/ human life cycle.

Evolutionary women often feel we are not getting older but getting newer. Something new is being born in us.

Then came Buckminster Fuller. He told us that Space Ship Earth came without an operating manual, so that we would have to learn how to guide the system. He informed us we have the technology, resources and know-how to make the world work for allif we learned synergy and cooperation.

These four great pioneers, with others, laid the foundation for the Evolutionary movement. She had learned the evolutionary code. Evolution has direction, purpose and intent. The intent is more consciousness, creativity and love by means of ever-greater complexity or synergy.

She discovered that this was her intent. She and the Impulse were one.

She became a conscious Evolutionary Woman!

The next great breakthrough for her emergence was meeting Dr. Jonas Salk in the early sixties. She read something he had written on a Theater of Man, wrote a piece on it and sent it to Jerry Piel, editor of the Scientific American and on Jonass board. Jerry gave it to Jonas, who called Barbara one sunny day in the fall in New England. She had had her fifth child, and was sitting on the lawn with them all in the sun.

The phone rang, Mrs. Hubbard? This is Jonas Salk. The minute she heard his voice she realized something new had happened. Even though she didnt know it then, he was an evolutionary man. It was coded in his voice exciting, inviting, charged with vitality.

He said, Mrs. Hubbard, You have written my vision better than I could have. We are two peas in the same genetic pod. Can I take you to lunch?

She said yes!

He came the next week to drive her from Connecticut to New York. It was a magnificent fall day; the apple orchard sparkled with red and gold, the sun burned warm on the grass. The doorbell rang. Her heart skipped a beat; she opened the door to him. He smiled that incredible magnanimous, sexy smile and said: Mrs. Hubbard, this is the Garden of Eden.

Dr. Salk, she said, Youre right. Im Eve and Im leaving! He looked started. It started her too.

During the ride to New York she told him everything that was wrong with her: Her love of the future, the yearning to do more, the sense of deep vocation, a vital task that she was to perform.

He said, Barbara, this is not what is wrong about you. This is what is right about you. You are a mutant! And I will introduce you to the few others I have been able to find in 25 years. This was the next step in the emergence of an Evolutionary Woman.

She had met another evolutionary being. The Evolutionary Impulse became self aware in her.

He turned up the frequency of the inner code of evolution within her by resonating with it with his own being.

She wrote in her Journal in 1964:

This Christmas of 1964 is the best of my life, not because I have achieved my ideals, but because the problem of identity has disappeared. I can never again say, as I once did, in my own eyes Im nothing, for, as all people are, I, too, am the inheritor of the evolution of the ages. In my genes are the generations. Every cell in my body identifies me with the great and terrible adventure of inanimate to animate to human and every desire of my being sets me passionately to work to further the rise of humanness out of humanity. I am what was and what will be. If I am nothing, life is nothing; that it cannot be and be.

The rise of the Evolutionary Woman is awakened by the incarnation of the Impulse of Evolution as ones own inner drive to become ones unique self.

Your life purpose becomes the unique expression of the irreducibly beautiful impulse of creation as Marc Gafni writes in Becoming Your Unique Self.

With this often comes the disruption of past life pattern of the exclusive role of wife and mother, housekeeper and caretaker. The Evolutionary Woman is not seeking to be equal to men in a dysfunctional world, but to join with men and women to participate in the emerging world.

One day her husband Earl was speaking in a talk she had arranged for him. She stood behind a tree and wept. He came to her and said, Darling, why are you crying?

She dared to say, Earl, I want to speak too! Her heart sank. She knew it would hurt him.

He was crestfallen. Then I cant make you happy. Thats true, she said, No one can make another happy.

She told him she had to go forth and tell the story her own way. He said, Barbara, Im the genius. Youre the editor. She nodded, with tears of love, but there was no going back. They didnt know how to grow the relationship as younger people often do now.

The Evolutionary Woman is not merely a co-equal. She is a co-creator, becoming a new archetype. The Feminine Co-Creator. She is incarnating the impulse of evolution as her own passion to create, motivated by the Creator within her to become a co-creator with the divine. She is moving toward the next stage of human evolution as a conscious co-evolutionary.

Barbara sadly had to ask for a divorce. After loving each other, having the five beautiful children, writing and editing his books, cherishing his paintings and securing a major show at the Gallery of Modern Art, she realized that she had to go forth and tell the story herself.

Lt. Col John J. Whiteside entered her life. He was Chief Officer of Information in New York for the Air Force. He loved the book she edited for Earl called The Search is On and spread it to the news media and the generals of the Air Force. In it he had declared: We are being born as universal humans.

John told her he had been totally committed to covering the Apollo program live, sensing it had great meaning, while others were reporting, as he told her, as if they were telling the story of the birth of the Christ child, as to how much the infant weighed and the labor conditions at the Inn.

John said, Now I know why I wanted it to be covered live. It was a birth!

The Evolutionary Woman becomes aware that we are entering a new stage of evolution, not only personal but collectively.

Barbara was alive with the aspiration of a universal impulse of creation, as though she was being born anew.

John told her that if she attempted to make her husband the spokesperson for her mission, she would fail. So she took the radical step as an Evolutionary Woman to break out totally from the role of wife of and mother.

In 1970, as an Evolutionary Woman, she became a new kind of mother.

She told her 9-year-old son that his mother was a pioneer and that she wanted him to come too. He wrapped his little arms around her and said, We know Mom that you love us. You are doing what mothers are meant to do. You are creating a future for your children. I want to come with you.

And so it was, She and Earl separated. John had told her that if she tried to make Earl the voice for her mission, she would surely fail. That was the key. She could not let that happen.

They were divorced in 1970. She moved her five children to Washington D.C. Her sister lent Barbara her home, the Greystone Mansion in Rock Creek Park, as she and her husband, Wayne Barnet had moved to Stanford University where he was teaching law.

Together John and Barbara founded the Committee for the Future in 1970 to bring positive options for the future into the public arena for decision and action.

One day he took her to meet the head of CBS news.

Tell him the news, he said to Barbara. She said, smiling, knowing how strange it would sound to him: The news is humankind has been born into the universe.

He looked at John as if he were crazy. But then he nodded, Its true, he said, but we cant say it.

Why not, Barbara asked. He shook his head.

Gradually they developed a powerful new global Earth/Space Human Development Goal: New Worlds on Earth, New Worlds in Space, New Worlds in the Human Mind. The idea was that after the lunar landing we should have a social lunar landing, guiding the military/industrial complex toward a new evolutionary goal to restore the Earth, free the people, and explore the infinite regions of spirit and the universe beyond our mother planet, as later written up in her book Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential.

They went to meet with Congressman Olin Teague of the Science and Technology Committee of the US Congress and told him about the new Earth/Space goal. He said ruefully, Barbara, I completely agree with you. But we cant do it in the Congress. There is no way for the various committees to come together to look at any long-range goal. YOU DO IT!

Amazed, John and Barbara considered how to do it. They began to speak of the goal to business leaders, politicians, and space scientists. They all agreed it was good but said the others would not get it. She went to see Mr. Rockwell of Rockwell International in his giant office. Mr. Rockwell, she said, Why dont you call together a design team to design the first Earth/Space Human Development program. He looked stricken. He nodded and said, Barbara I totally agree with you, but I wont do it.

Why not?

Because I would lose our defense contracts.

So that was it.

Evolutionary women do not avoid technology, they attempt to guide it. High Love and High Tech merge for the New Culture of Humanity.

Johns son went to Southern Illinois University.

They were invited to a conference there called Mankind in the Universe. Earl was addressing the student body in the arena, which was like a prize fighting ring with thousands of seats surrounding it. Elegantly dressed he was totally out of phase with the ragged students in long hair and blue jeans. His speech did not go over well. He called for heroism in the age of the anti-hero.

Subsequently, Barbara had spent time in small meetings with students; however, it was a time for the radical rejection of society by students. One of the students raised his hand and asked: Why do you want us to continue 25,000 years of failure?

An older man, a professor, arose in towering wrath directed at this question. You would have kept us in the caves! You wouldnt even have dared step into the light.

Barbara began to say in a gentle way, that man had not failed, that we are a young species at a point of transition. Now it is possible for the first time to overcome those terrible lacks such as poverty and disease. Our new tools might transform the ignorance that has forced us into destructive behavior so that we might become a new species

Each one of us is needed.

The longhaired, blue-jeaned, twenty five year old snickered at her. She stared at him and said, Did I hear you snicker?

He sank into his seat.

How dare you snicker at humankind? How dare you condemn the effort of the past? Do you have any idea of the struggle that went into the development of the human species? Barbara spoke like a mother defending her family.

The Evolutionary woman has faith in the evolution of humanity no matter what a mess we are.

The next morning Professor Tom Turner, director of special projects for Buckminster Fuller asked John and Barbara to sit with him on the stage. In the audience were several hundred people who had attended various sessions of the seminars. Earl was there too. Tom looked like a soft, comfortable dolphin. He said, We would like to make a recommendation that Barbara Marx Hubbard run for the nomination for the presidency of the United States on the Democratic ticket. Her role would be to carry the options for the future into the public arena.

She was stunned; yet amazingly, felt it was a good idea.

The Evolutionary Woman accepts the reality that she is needed for the evolution of the whole culture.

Earl was deeply distressed and said it would kill him if his wife ran for president.

So she did not do it for his sake but felt disappointed.

From the Southern Illinois experiences Barbara and John realized that some new process was needed. Whenever they discussed the idea of New Worlds on Earth, New Worlds in Space, or New Worlds in the Human Mind, a businessman, for example, would say, Yes, I get it but the labor unions wont. Or a politician would get it and say that the public would never accept this new potential.

In a flash of insight John decided to put apparently opposing forces in a wheel to actually experience each other directly. He said you couldnt make progress when one person is the speaker and everyone else is sitting in a row. There needs to be a new social structure, he declared.

He drew a new diagram and put functional areas of any social body in the inner circle of the wheel-like pieces of pie facing each other; sections for production, environment, and government, with a coordinating hub in the center where each sector could match needs and resources.

He added a satellite at the growing edge of the wheel to represent new capacities, as in the biological revolution, the physical sciences, psychologies of growth, and information sciences. Finally, there was a far-out satellite for unexplained phenomenon: the intuitive, mystical, and psychic experiences if the human race.

John decided to put a television in every section, with a central open mission control where everyone could see everything at once. People could begin to see themselves as one living organism. Yes, John told her, We can broadcast the meetings live and call it the New News.

Evolutionary Women are inspired by the male creative genius.

She realized he was giving the people their own nervous system. It was the noosphere getting its collective eyes! They called the conference process SYNCON for synergistic convergence. The purpose was to get the broadest possible cross section of people to form task forces in each sector. Each person or group was asked three questions:

What do you want to create?

What to you need to create it?

What do you want to freely give to others?

Then there is the chance for vocational networking. Vocational arousal occurs. People are excited to help each other. Instead of win/lose conflict, the process changes to how much and with whom can you co-create to get more of what you want. People merge with corollary but apparently conflicting functions, like environment and business, looking for common goals by matching needs with resources.

Finally each sector restates its goals, needs and resources in the light of the potential of the whole system. The students removed the walls between sectors of the wheel. Participants met in an Assembly of the Whole. A sense of social love infused the group. When astronaut Edgar Mitchell came in he said: If there had been a spiritual Geiger counter it would have gone off the charts. We called it The All Walls Down Ceremony.

Barbara realized some new form of self-governing process was being born here. This was the beginning of a more synergistic democracy.

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The best way to explain the vegan concept is to quickly define what vegan means, and then look at how and why the word came into existence.

A vegetarian diet is commonly understood to forbid meat and fish, but to allow both eggs and dairy. The word vegan takes this concept to the next level, cutting out every item of animal origin. Vegan refers to anything thats free of animal products: no meat, milk, eggs, wool,leather, honey and so forth. Your sandwich, your shampoo, andyour car seats are examples of itemsthat couldbe vegan.

Veganism carries at least three potential advantages:

Can you become a vegan through diet alone? Absolutely, since, as we will see in the next section, vegan was originally defined purely in dietary terms.

A handful of vegans(sometimes abrasively) insistthat veganism is not merely a diet, but extends into every corner of your lifestyle. In other words, you dont get to join theveganclub until you go beyond food to purge your life of leather, wool, and animal-derived cosmetics. Oftentimes, these vegans are doing the animals a grave disservice by definingthe vegan concept in the most rigid andexclusionaryway possible. These are people would love torevoke your vegan membership card if they find out you havent yet taken your 10-year-old leather winter boots to the thrift store.

The entire question of who gets to call themselves a vegan is annoying and not worth much attention. Rather than think ofveganism as an identity, its wisest to use it as a concept that can inspire you to remove animal products from your life, wherever you can easily do it. And its almost always easy.Oftentimes, its not readily apparent whether a given food or cosmetics ingredient comes from animals, so you can use our animal ingredientslist to familiarize yourself with the most common animal-derived substances.

No matter the degree to which you ultimately embrace the vegan concept, it makes sense tobeginyour transition by emphasizing dietary choices. After all, unless you buy a new fur coat every winter, the overwhelming majority of animal useassociated with your life almost certainly arises from yourfood choices.

To learn more about vegan living, check thesecompelling advantages of a vegan diet, as well as our our information onmaking an easy transition. You can learn everything you need to quickly and easily go veganby reading just one or two bookscheck out But I Could Never Go Vegan!orThe Ultimate Vegan Guide.

Donald Watson coined the termvegan in 1944 in Great Britain. Heres Watson from that year, in the first issue of The Vegan News, proposing that his readers either embrace the word, or come up with a better one, as the basis for a new social movement:

We should all consider carefully what our Group, and our magazine, and ourselves, shall be called. Non-dairy has become established as a generally understood colloquialism, but like non-lacto it is too negative. Moreover it does not imply that we are opposed to the use of eggs as food. We need a name that suggests what we do eat, and if possible one that conveys the idea that even with all animal foods taboo, Nature still offers us a bewildering assortment from which to choose. Vegetarian and Fruitarian are already associated with societies that allow the fruits (!) of cows and fowls, therefore it seems we must make a new and appropriate word. As this first issue of our periodical had to be named, I have used the title The Vegan News. Should we adopt this, our diet will soon become known as a VEGAN diet, and we should aspire to the rank of VEGANS. Members suggestions will be welcomed. The virtue of having a short title is best known to those of us who, as secretaries of vegetarian societies have to type or write the word vegetarian thousands of times a year!

Watsons article was immensely important, but he kept it short, since he only sought to cover what vegan means, and why the word deserved to be coined.

The questions of why and how to go vegan require much more space to properly answer, and over the years these answers have grown fuller and more compelling, as the wisdom of the vegan concept has grown more evident. These topics are covered at length in our Why Choose Vegan? and How to Go Vegan pages.

Finally, you may wish to explore the history of plant-based eating and veganism. If you want to discoverhow veganism went from an obscure World War II-era concept to one of the most influential ideas surrounding diet and food politics, check out A Vegan History: 1944-2010.

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When considering three major movements in world civilization and history; Romanticism, the Enlightenment, and the Renaissance, one theme that runs throughout is that of rebellion. More specifically, this rebellion in all three movements was against past traditions and each of these periods in history was geared toward eradicating old ways of thinking. While the reasons for rebelling against the old social and artistic order vary for each of these movements, the fact remains that all three were successful at changing many aspects of society and all each movement has had an enormous impact on history and artistic expression.

Romanticism was a movement that took place in Europe throughout the latter part of the 18th century. This period in history was a direct rebellion against many of the artistic and societal values of the previous era, which was the Enlightenment. While the Enlightenment movement focused on ideas of reason, rationality, and empiricism, romanticism went the complete opposite direction and explored new ideas about emotions and beauty. The main part of this rebellion was centered around the notion that not everything could be coldly rationalized and that beauty and aesthetics were important parts of existence. Although it was in direct opposition to the Enlightenment, romanticism as a movement did also build off of some of the new ideas that were part of that period such as a renewed interest in the individual. Romanticism was a movement in history that went one step further and began to focus on individual experience as well as the human brainmostly as it related to feelings and personal thoughts. In general, however, it could be easily argued that without the Enlightenment movement there would not have been romanticism, mostly because the former had to exist for the rebellion in ideas to take place.

The Enlightenment, a movement in Western history that came just before romanticism, was itself a rebellious movement that developed out of a prior period that emphasized ideas such as religion. In addition, before this period, there was more weight given to speculations about god and the natural order of things whereas with the Enlightenment empiricism became one of the core ideas. During the Enlightenment movement new rebellious ideas about the nature of mans connection to the universe as well as the concept of the individual with natural rights emerged. These were rebellious notions, especially since before this time people viewed themselves as part of a hierarchy based on many religious and social notions such as class. Science and observation were at the forefront of this movement and many thinkers of the time wished to know the truth through their own experience and process of experimentation and hypothesis. This period in artistic history was a rebellion against the old order because before many people were content to believe in disprovable truths, such as the nature of the heavens or of things such as weather or medical phenomena. Although the Enlightenment sought to keep people rational, this would not be enough for later rebellious movements such as Romanticism, where people began to look behind facts and closer into the individual experience.

The Renaissance was a rebellious movement as well but not in the reactionary sense that the previous two movements in history discussed here were. This is because the Renaissance was more like an explosion in knowledge and learning that caused a huge intellectual shift throughout Europe, especially since it came on the heels of the advent of printing processes. What is, however, rebellious about this period is that it saw so many new ways of thinking and doing things. Artists, writers and philosophers were breaking out of the dark ages" and allowing themselves to experiment with new ideas. Men such as da Vinci were engaging with topics such as art, medicine and technology just as writers were finding new ways to tell stories or represent truths about their time period. What is most interesting about this movement is that it is in many ways the most rebellious since it saw so much change yet much of this change seems almost organic. It was rebelling against anything in particular but the changes were so vast and sweeping that it was the ultimate rebellious movement in Western civilization. Without the many new developments that arose out the of the Renaissance the world might never have experienced successive movements such as those discussed here.

Without rebellion there can be no history; time would just go on without anything to mark off significant or important periods. In these three movements it is possible to detect a string of rebellions that led to major intellectual shifts. It all started with the ultimate rebellion in thinkingthe Renaissance. After the Renaissance, new ideas, particularly about science and experimentation, went on to inform the events of the Enlightenment. After this, thinkers during the era of romanticism picked and chose some of the ideas of these previous movements and developed their own new, rebellious, and unique understanding of the world. In sum, all intellectual movements that influence history are part of a grand chain of rebellion and it seems that this will always be the case if history is any teacher.

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Program RequirementsCredit requirements: 33-39 creditsField education requirements: Practicums and seminars

Program LengthProgram length: 1-3 yearsProgram start dates: Fall, spring, summer

Admission RequirementsApplication deadline: Fall: April 1; spring: October 1; summer: February 1GPA: 3.0 minimumWork experience: Current CV/resume must be included with application

ContactSchool phone: 1 (800) 468-6548Admissions email: [emailprotected] Social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter

The University of Southern California has educated teachers for decades. This Los Angeles-based institutions online masters of arts in teaching is appropriate for teachers in any setting, including those who work at both inner-city and rural schools. The program combines the latest in K-12 pedagogical theory with hands-on, practical application. Students meet every week on USCs virtual campus for live, face-to-face sessions.

The curriculum consists of 28 credits and can be completed in as little as one year. Participants can enroll on a part- or full-time basis and proceed at their own pace, working through asynchronous assignments and gathering for occasional video classes. Students interact regularly with classmates and professors in small classes, where the student-to-faculty ratio is 15:1. Individuals also work in actual classrooms, under the auspices of mentors, gaining teaching experience. USCs placement team finds fieldwork options in a students area and assigns each degree candidate a guiding teacher, who leads the candidate through video-based sessions, lesson planning, rehearsal, and in-classroom work with young learners.

The curriculum explores teaching from a variety of angles, including psychological, sociological, literary, and language-based, and students can select from single-subject or multi-subject tracks. Future elementary school teachers get a broad foundation in a variety of areas, while future high school instructors go deeper into single disciplines.

USC also offers students the opportunity to prepare for the California teaching credential, although degree seekers should check with their own states to see if this route applies to their career goals. Students access coursework through the mobile learning platform 2SC, and they create online portfolios to demonstrate their skills and experience to future employers.

Program Overview Program name: Online Master of Arts in Teaching Available concentrations: Single Subject Teaching (Secondary); Multiple Subject Teaching (Elementary) Tuition: $1,800/credit both in- and out-of-state Credit requirements: 28 credits Program length: 1-3 years

Delivery Format: Online and hybrid Instruction style: Asynchronous

Admission Requirements GPA: 3.0 Work experience: Applicants must submit a resume.

Contact Phone: (888) 628-1872 Email: [emailprotected] Social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest

Set in the Research Triangle city of Raleigh, North Carolina State University has developed one of the nations busiest and most comprehensive virtual campuses. The states flagship university offers more than 350 online courses and 90 degrees, certificates, and teacher-licensure programs through its web portal, including an online masters in education that focuses on the sciences. This 36-credit program is suitable for traditional classroom teachers and for individuals who work in science education at places like zoos, museums, and nonprofit organizations. Applicants to this program should have two years of teaching experience.

NC States masters of education in science education follows a 36-credit curriculum. Participants complete 12 credits in the core, 15 credits in general science, and three credits in the form of a research project. The program builds six more credits into an area of concentration or specialization, and students have the option of selecting one of six focus areas: middle school education, special populations, informal education, educational technology, mentoring, or a subject-specific option. Degree candidates can also create their own specialty by amassing credits in a field of their choice.

The university offers its online courses both asynchronously and in real time, ensuring that distance learners enjoy ample interaction with their professors and classmates. Courses may feature video lectures and other media, as well as discussion forums and web-based assignments. Students typically sit for proctored exams or complete tests online, completing the curriculum in two (full-time) or four (part-time) years. Four start dates throughout the year add to the flexibility of the program.

NC State also hosts an array of other graduate-level degree programs of interest to teachers, including masters degrees in elementary education, technology education, special ed, agricultural education, secondary English and math, and middle-grade language arts.

Program Overview Program name: Online Master of Education in Science Education Available concentrations: Middle School Education; Informal Education; Special Populations; Educational Technology; Mentoring Tuition: $431/credit in-state; $1,147/credit out-of-state Credit requirements: 36 credits Program length: 2-4 years, depending upon full- or part-time status

Delivery Format: Online Instruction style: Asynchronous, synchronous

Admission Requirements GPA: 3.0 recommended Standardized tests: GRE, MAT Work experience: Two years teaching

Contact Phone: (919) 515-9030 Email: [emailprotected] Social media accounts: Facebook; Twitter; Instagram

The University of South Florida, located in Tampa, has more than 40 years of experience teaching physical education, and its phys-ed curriculum can be delivered online through a combination of reading and practice. The universitys college of education and school of physical education and exercise science created its online masters in education with working teachers in mind. The program functions best when the theories participants learn can be put into practice immediately. Students do much of their studying in virtual classrooms, but USF also expects them to carry out projects in actual schools. The university offers the degree in two tracks: one for individuals with a current teaching certificate and one for those without.

USF structured the 30-credit curriculum of its masters in physical education around a core of eight required classes, including one action-based research project taken as the final class. Students select two electives to round out their program. Most of the required work relates to instructional design and learning assessment, but degree seekers also gain a foundation in research and mentoring. Electives touch on subjects like adaptive phys-ed, sports psychology, sports in society, and grant writing.

Because courses follow no designated sequence, participants can enroll any time and amass credits quickly, moving through the curriculum asynchronously. Students can earn their diplomas in two years by taking two classes at a time. USF designed much of the coursework to be project-based. Students spend time studying on their own, applying their ideas in action projects, and then reporting back on their observations.

USF has three start dates per year. Applicants should have a bachelors from an accredited university with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. The university does not require students to submit their GRE or Miller scores. Students who live in the 16 member states of the Southern Regional Educational Board pay in-state tuition. USF also offers an array of other online masters in education, including a special education degree.

Program Overview Program name: Online Master of Arts in Physical Education Tuition: $7,840/year in-state; $15,864/year out-of-state Credit requirements: 30 credits Program length: 2 years

Delivery Format: Online Instruction style: Asynchronous, with field experience

Admission Requirements GPA: 3.0

Contact Phone: (813) 974-3400 Email: [emailprotected] Social media accounts: Facebook; Twitter; Instagram

Founded in 1785, this Athens, Georgia institution is the oldest chartered state university in the country. Today, offering over a dozen undergraduate majors and nearly one hundred graduate programs, its also one of the largest. Known for its comprehensive distance learning programs, UGA offers eight masters in education online programs that focus on several subfields of adult and childhood education. Learning tracks include instructional design, human resources, middle grades education, workforce education, and educational psychology. Students on the educational psychology track can select an additional area of focus in applied cognition or gifted and creative education, depending on their personal career goals.

The universitys application requirements for an online masters of education are highly dependent on the program, as are criteria for graduation and coursework delivery modes. Coursework is typically completed through Athena, UGAs online course management platform. The majority of courses require applicants to hold an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher, along with strong GRE scores. Length of degree programs ranges from 33 to 37 credit hours, with some requiring a practicum component. Many classes are delivered in a cohort format via eLearning Commons, the schools online education platform. While all programs are 100% online, the learning, design, and technology curriculum offers students an incentive to attend an annual department-wide conference on campus.

Online students at UGA pay the same tuition fees as their traditional counterparts, regardless of residency, and may apply for financial aid. UGA also accepts corporate payment plans, and extends financial assistance to military personnel and veterans.

Program OverviewDepartment: College of EducationProgram name: Master of EducationAvailable concentrations: Adult education; educational psychology; learning, design, and technology, instructional design and development; middle grades education; reading education; workforce educationAccrediting body: SACSCOCTuition: $629-$638/credit hour

DeliveryFormat: Online Instruction style: Asynchronous

Program RequirementsCredit requirements: 33-37 credit hours

Program LengthProgram options: Full-time or part-timeProgram length: 1-3 years Program start dates: Summer, fall

Admission RequirementsApplication deadline: Fall: July 1; spring: November 15; summer: March 1GPA: 2.6 minimumStandardized tests: GRE or MATWork experience: 2-3 years

ContactDepartment phone: (706) 542-6446 Department email: [emailprotected] Social media accounts: Twitter, Facebook

The online masters in special education at Texas A&M University prepares students to work with young people with learning disabilities, autism, behavioral issues, and other special needs. This College Station-based university established its SPED program to teach instructors the best practices in pedagogy for students classified as low-performing and at risk, as well as those with more severe disabilities. Graduates leave TAMUs online masters degree in education ready to plan and deliver lessons at a high academic level to special-needs populations and with the skills necessary to intervene when behavioral issues arise. Graduates also learn how to identify, assess, and evaluate disabled students and integrate these young people into traditional school programs when possible.

TAMU emphasizes communication, problem solving, and collaboration throughout the program. Degree candidates can elect to pursue a masters of arts (with no thesis option) or a masters of science (includes a thesis). The curriculum also provides a platform for students to continue on to further study and gives participants the option of earning certification in applied behavior analysis.

Coursework includes both individual, asynchronous assignments and weekly, real-time sessions with professors and peers. Students can complete their degree entirely online. The curriculum features two classes on reading and two on behavior management and analysis, along with courses in autism, emotional disorders, transition, consultation, and assessment. SPED faculty administer three comprehensive exams during the course of the program, which test students on the covered subject matter. TAMU expects students to maintain a 3.0 GPA as they work through the two-year curriculum.

The most successful candidates have experience working with individuals with disabilities, preferably in a teaching capacity, and an aptitude for leadership. TAMU does not require applicants to the SPED program to submit their GRE scores.

Program Overview Program name: Online Masters in Special Education Tuition: $422/credit in-state; $847/credit out-of-state Credit requirements: 36 credits Program length: 2 years

Delivery Format: Online Instruction style: Asynchronous and synchronous

Admission Requirements GPA: No minimum, but recommended 3.0 on last 60 hours of undergraduate work Work experience: Not required but highly recommended

Contact Phone: (979) 845-1833 Email: [emailprotected] Social media accounts: Facebook

Located in the Philadelphia suburb of Melrose Park, Gratz College is the nations oldest independent college for Jewish studies. The school also offers a masters of education online program that includes an array of specialties. These include Jewish ed, creativity and technology, safe schools, early childhood education, and dimensions in identity, which takes a holistic look at learners and how life beyond the classroom might be affecting their studies. Participants can also pick and choose from these focus areas to create a track that better fits their own professional needs. Additional certificates in creativity and tech, management, and distinguished learning and teaching are also available.

The 30-credit program is well-suited for working teachers and requires most degree candidates to have a teaching certificate. The program structures its curriculum around three core courses, which explore instructional design, legal and ethical issues in the contemporary classroom, and effective learning assessment. Students then add five courses in their concentration area and six electives, allowing them to further customize their program. Specialization areas provide degree seekers the opportunity to build portfolios in areas like leadership, technology in the classroom, and behavioral and social issues in modern schools. The early childhood education track adheres to standards set by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Gratz delivers coursework in eight-week, accelerated sessions, and most classes follow an asynchronous format. Participants can pursue their degrees entirely online on a full- or part-time basis, taking home a diploma in two to four years depending on their course load.

Applicants must submit all undergraduate transcripts, a resume, two letters of recommendation (academic and professional), and a personal statement detailing how they plan to use their degree. They must also include a photocopy of a valid teaching certificate.

Program Overview Program name: Online Master of Arts in Education Available concentrations: Early Childhood Education; Creativity & Technology; Dimensions in Identity; Integrated Curriculum; Safe Schools; Jewish Instructional Education Tuition: $389/credit for both in-state and out-of-state students Credit requirements: 30 credits Program length: 2-4 years

Delivery Format: Online and hybrid Instruction style: Asynchronous

Admission Requirements GPA: 3.0 minimum Work experience: A teaching certificate is required

Contact Phone: (215) 635-7300 x140 Email: [emailprotected] Social media accounts: Facebook; Twitter

With over 64,000 students enrolled every year, this Orlando institution is one of the largest universities in the United States. Boasting ten regional campuses in addition to the Orlando campus complex, the student body includes individuals from 153 countries and all 50 states. For the past 20 years, UCF has also extended its online education program to students around the world. Offering more than 60 fully-online degree and certificate programs, including five online masters degrees in education, UCF has earned a reputation for providing some of the best accredited online programs in the nation.

At UCF, students can earn an online masters of education in applied learning and instruction, career and technical education, educational leadership, exceptional student education, or instructional design and technology. Degree programs vary in length from 30 to 45 credit hours, depending on concentration. Some programs offer thesis as well as non-thesis options for completion, while all students must pass a comprehensive examination before graduation. Admission requirements also differ between program concentrations. Some, such as the exceptional student education track, are designed for those who have already received teaching certifications, while others are interdisciplinary and offer room for curriculum customization.

Taught using a cohort model, UCFs online courses consist of web-based instruction and collaboration, streaming digital video, or a combination of both. The university offers distance learners assistance through a variety of online resources, including career services and access to UCFs digital library. The school waives campus resource fees for online students, who are also eligible to apply for financial aid and scholarships.

Program OverviewDepartment: College of Education and Human Performance; School of Teaching, Learning, and LeadershipProgram name: Master of Arts in Educational LeadershipAccrediting body: SACSCOCTuition: In-state: $327/credit hour; out-of-state: $1,152/credit hour

DeliveryFormat: Online Instruction style: Asynchronous

Program RequirementsCredit requirements: 30 credits

Program LengthProgram options: Full-time or part-time Program length: 2 yearsProgram start dates: Fall, spring, summer

Admission RequirementsApplication deadline: Fall: July 15; spring: December 1; summer: April 15 GPA: Minimum 3.0 minimum over final 60 undergraduate credits

ContactSchool phone: 1 (855) 903-8576School email: [emailprotected] Social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter

CSUFs College of Education is the only university teacher preparation institution in Orange County accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. Offering one hybrid and six fully-online masters of education programs, the school is known for its academic rigor and emphasis on community outreach. CSUF is also renowned for its commitment to diversity, and was one of the first institutions to be included in the AACTE Networks initiative to increase teaching certification among black and Hispanic men. 66.7% of students in the Ed.D. program come from ethnically diverse backgrounds.

CSUF offers online masters of education programs in educational technology, reading education, special education, instructional design, elementary instruction, and secondary education. An MS in educational leadership is also available as a hybrid program. Students on an elementary curriculum and instruction track can further specialize in one of six concentrations, including diversity, math and science, and professional inquiry and practice. Those in the secondary education program may select an optional concentration, although these courses are typically offered in a hybrid format. Degree program lengths, credit requirements, and course formats vary according to concentration, with most of the masters in education online programs taking between one and two years to complete.

While most schools offer a non-licensure masters of education online, those enrolled in CSUFs literacy and reading track will complete coursework required to earn specialized credentials. Coursework in the special education concentration is also designed to prepare students for preliminary credential programs, and may confer added authorizations upon eligible students.

Program OverviewDepartment: College of EducationProgram name: Master of Science in EducationAvailable concentrations: Educational technology, educational leadership, elementary curriculum and instruction, secondary education (high school & middle school), instructional design and technology, reading education, special education Accrediting body: WASCTuition: $6,738/academic year

DeliveryFormat: Online (reading education concentration is hybrid)Instruction style: Asynchronous

Program RequirementsCredit requirements: 29-30

Program LengthProgram options: Full-time or part-timeProgram length: 1-3Program start dates: Fall, spring

Admission RequirementsApplication deadline: RollingGPA: Minimum 3.0 over last 60 undergraduate creditsWork experience: 3 years of teaching experience

ContactDepartment phone: (657) 278-3411Department email: [emailprotected] Social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter

Notable for its Nobel prize-winning faculty members, this university in West Lafayette, Indiana counts astronaut Neil Armstrong among its alumni. With over 500 research labs and institutes, Purdue has built a solid reputation as one of the best schools for science, engineering, and math in the United States. In recent decades, the university has extended its academically rigorous degree programs into the world of digital learning. Current offerings include two MSEd programs for those who want to earn their masters of education online.

Students in the 33-credit MSEd in learning design and technology program learn to combine cutting-edge techniques in multimedia design with classic and emerging pedagogical theories as they develop a portfolio for later use in the workforce. This fully-online program is open to individuals from all educational and professional backgrounds, although applicants must complete a telephone interview with an admissions advisor. The MSEd in special education program offers a curriculum aligned with EdTPA, an assessment organization that ensures educators are teaching effectively and to standard. Emphasizing intervention and teaching techniques for severely disabled students, this program prepares future educators to assess and support students with special needs through appropriate instructional programs. Several tracks are available, including a masters only option and a masters with special education licensure.

Both online masters of education programs are taught asynchronously through a virtual classroom interface. Coursework is identical in rigor and subject matter to that of traditional classes, and instructors are the same faculty members who teach on campus.

Program OverviewDepartment: College of EducationProgram name: Master of Science in EducationAvailable concentrations: Learning design and technology, special education Accrediting body: NCASCTuition: In-state: $329/credit hour; out-of-state: $650/credit hour

DeliveryFormat: OnlineInstruction style: Asynchronous

Program RequirementsCredit requirements: 33 credit hours

Program LengthProgram options: Full-time or part-timeProgram length: 2 yearsProgram start dates: Fall

Admission RequirementsApplication deadline: Varies (contact an admissions counselor)Standardized tests: GRE Work experience: Professional letters of reference are required

ContactDepartment phone: (765) 494-2341Department email: [emailprotected] Social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter

San Diego State University offers a technology-focused online masters in educational leadership through its College Of Extended Studies. SDSU designed this program for teachers, teacher leaders, and administrators who want to better integrate technology into their districts at the classroom, school, and district level. The program consists of 10 courses, which full-time learners can finish in 15 months. The program is taught through a cohort format and includes IT, leadership, and teaching components.

The educational leadership program focuses on pedagogy and teaching ideas related to technology and education from around the world. Classes delve into a variety of subjects, including school improvement through the lens technology, the architecture of technology, and modern school administration.

Professors in this leadership program are renowned for their work in instructional leadership, architectural technology, and program evaluation. All classes are offered asynchronously with weekly synchronous office hours. Participants often interact with their cohort members through chat rooms and by engaging in collaborative projects. Because the majority of students currently hold teaching positions, degree candidates often learn from each other as well as from their instructors.

California graduates may pursue their administrative credential by completing additional courses. SDSU also offers an online, graduate-level induction program for contracted, multi-subject teachers, as well as an add-on, reading-literacy authorization program. Applicants must submit all college transcripts, a professional resume, a video describing their educational beliefs, and GRE scores.

Program Overview Program name: Online Master of Arts in Educational Leadership Specialization in PreK-12 Tuition: $598/credit Credit requirements: 30 credits Program length: 15 months

Delivery Format: Online and hybrid Instruction style: Asynchronous

Admission Requirements Standardized tests: GRE Work experience: Working teachers preferred

Contact Phone: (619) 594-2566 Email: [emailprotected] Social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter

Founded in 1855 in East Lansing, Michigan State University was originally conceived as an agricultural college. Today, MSU offers more than 200 programs of study, including numerous online and hybrid degree programs designed with busy people and working professionals in mind. Ideal for classroom teachers, school administrators, coaches, and adult educators, MSUs College of Education offers a fully-online masters of education program for those who want to take their career in education to the next level.

This 30 credit hour program offers six concentrations in literacy education, P-16 school leadership, science and mathematics education, special education, technology and learning, and sport leadership. Instead of completing a thesis, students are required to participate in a capstone seminar, in which they develop and exhibit an online portfolio prior to graduation. Courses are taught in an accelerated cohort format, with lectures and coursework delivered through Desire2Learn, MSUs online learning portal. Most students are able to earn their degree in around two and a half years, taking one to two courses per semester.

While residents of Kentucky may not apply to MSUs online masters programs in education, the school offers a flat tuition for distance learners in and out of state. Additionally, students enrolled in at least five credit hours of courses are eligible to apply for financial aid and scholarships. Although the program does not confer graduates with teaching certification, individuals seeking licensure can apply for a recommendation or endorsement through the School of Education. Faculty advisors are available to assist students with the certification application process, as well as with many academic and financial aspects of the online masters program. Students are assigned an academic advisor upon acceptance to the program.

Program OverviewDepartment: College of EducationProgram name: Master of Arts in EducationAvailable concentrations: Literacy education, P-12 School and postsecondary leadership, science and mathematics education, special education, sport coaching and leadership, technology and learningAccrediting body: NCACSTuition: $699/credit hour

DeliveryFormat: OnlineInstruction style: Asynchronous

Program RequirementsCredit requirements: 30 credits

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