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Updated Forms and Brochures

ODS has made updates to our Requirements Bulletins and other forms and brochures. Please see below a summary of updates for each document.

- ODS has added instructions on how to hold the Dissertation Oral Defense in between the end of the Autumn term and the start of the Spring term (Intersession).

- Updates to all doctoral Requirements Bulletins (Ed.D., Ed.D. CTAS, and Ph.D.):

  1. Per Columbia University, ODS has changed the word Sponsor with Dissertation Advisor and Defense Chairperson with Defense Moderator
  2. Added rules for Reinstatement to a doctoral program which is different from the Readmission process
  3. Added college policy for Family Leave of Absence
  4. The two faculty committees have merged to become the Faculty Committee on the Doctoral Degree
  5. The requirement of the Decile for Certification/M.Phil. has been discontinued

 - Updates to all other forms and brochures:

  1. Per Columbia University, ODS has changed the word Sponsor with Dissertation Advisor and Defense Chairperson with Defense Moderator
  2. The two faculty committees have merged to become the Faculty Committee on the Doctoral Degree
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