John F. Kennedy University

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John F. Kennedy University

Motto:	Transforming Lives. Changing the World.
Established:	1964
Type:	Private
President:	Dr. Steven Stargardter
Faculty:	60 full-time
Undergraduates:	1700*
Postgraduates:	1700*
Location:	Pleasant Hill, California, USA
Campus:	Urban
Locations:	3 campuses
Website:	www.JFKU.edu

John F. Kennedy University is a private university located in Pleasant Hill, California, with satellite campuses in Campbell and Berkeley in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded in 1964 to focus on providing continuing opportunities for adult education. Enrollment is approximately 1700 (as of 2006) with no campus residences. The faculty consists of over 700 adjunct faculty employed in their subject areas in addition to about 60 full-time academics.

JFK University has five schools — Education and Liberal Arts, Holistic Studies, Law, Management, and Professional Psychology. The University also has a Continuing & Extended Education program.

John F. Kennedy University is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

1 Graduate School of Professional Psychology
2 School of Holistic Studies
3 School of Law
4 School of Management
5 Department of Education
6 Department of Museum Studies
7 References

[edit] Graduate School of Professional Psychology

The school offers Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology and Sport Psychology and a Doctorate in Psychology (PsyD), as well as certificates in Exercise and Sport Performance and in Sport Management.

[edit] School of Holistic Studies

The school offers the following distinctive programs: Arts & Consciousness; Consciousness & Transformative Studies; Counseling Psychology; Holistic Health Education; Integral Psychology; and Integral Theory. The school hosts semi-annual Open Houses and Symposiums in January and July of each year, as well as ongoing seminars and workshops that are open to the public.

[edit] School of Law

John F. Kennedy University School of Law offers a four-year, part-time Juris Doctor. Beginning in Fall 2007, the law school will also offer a California Bar approved full-time program.^{[citation needed]} The school is accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California, but does not have or currently seek accreditation by the American Bar Association.

The State Bar of California released the results of the July 2007 General Bar Examination, showing that 18% of recent JFKU School of Law Graduates passed the exam on their first attempt. ^[1] , as compared to the statewide average of 32% for first-time takers from California State Bar-accredited Law Schools and 76% of exam takers from ABA approved law schools. ^[2]

The school maintains a law library of approximately 35,000 volumes and 1,600 periodicals, substantially larger than at most Committee of Bar Examiners-accredited schools.^{[citation needed]} The library is frequently used by members of the surrounding legal community.^{[citation needed]}

The Law School runs the JFKU Elder Law Clinic. The clinic, opened in September 2005, provides the elderly with free legal assistance to deal with financial abuse or exploitation. The school regularly sponsors educational events open to the public. Recent events have included a panel on domestic surveillance and presidential war powers; a discussion with The Honorable Thelton Henderson and screening of his biography, and a panel discussion on the constitutionality of the California High School Exit Exam.

The School of Law and the law student editorial staff publish the John F. Kennedy University Law Review.

[edit] School of Management

The school offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA).

[edit] Department of Education

[edit] Department of Museum Studies

John F. Kennedy University is home to one of the nation's oldest museum studies programs, founded in 1974 by Deborah Kirschman.^{[citation needed]} In 2004, the department re-located its library, faculty offices and classrooms to the university's Berkeley campus. It offers coursework that leads to a certificate or a master's degree in museum studies, with specializations in museum education and interpretation; collections management; and administration. The department regularly sponsors lectures, workshops and other events for museum professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area and works with many Bay Area museums including the Oakland Museum of California, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Bay Area Discovery Museum and Chabot Space and Science Center to train future museum professionals.

In January 2008, California Association of Museums (CAM) announced that the University's Museum Studies program will be the recipient of the 2008 CAMMY Award in the category of "Service to the Field" for the involvement of their alumni and faculty in museum associations and their commitment to furthering and strengthening the museum field, especially in California.^{[citation needed]}