Notre Dame of Maryland University in North Baltimore continues to find innovative and collaborative ways to help address workforce shortages.
This time, NDMU is collaborating with Milwaukee’s Mount Mary University to address staffing shortages in education and social work, with a joint agreement to increase the number of students with advanced degrees.
In recent years, Notre Dame of Maryland has partnered with Mount St. Mary’s University (Emmitsburg), St. John’s College (Annapolis) and Goucher College (Towson) to address shortages in education and nursing.
The joint agreements between NDMU and Mount Mary will enable master’s students in education at Mount St. Mary to transition into one of two NDMU online doctorate in education programs. The partnership will save time and money to earn two graduate-level degrees. Additionally, NDMU undergraduates will be able to transition into Mount Mary’s Master of Social Work program, with options to transfer credits and earn the degree fully online.
NDMU President Dr. Marylou Yam and Mount Mary President Dr. Isabelle Cherney participated in a signing ceremony Aug. 1.
With the new partnership, Mount Mary students can transfer up to 12 credits from the master’s in education programs into either NDMU’s online Ph.D. in instructional leadership for changing populations or NDMU’s online Ph.D. in higher education leadership. The fully online program offers students the opportunity to earn credentials for high-demand jobs in education administration.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor also projects above average growth in jobs for social workers in the next five years, and the partnership affords NDMU students a direct pathway into the profession not previously open to them.
“Notre Dame of Maryland University is proud and excited to partner with Mount Mary University,” Yam said in a media release. “As it is widely known, there is a national shortage of teachers. Doctoral-level prepared professionals in education are needed to teach those students interested in K-12 and higher education faculty and leadership roles. Social workers are also in high demand.
Yam noted that NDMU is one of the largest providers of certified teachers in Maryland.
“This partnership in mission paves the way for students from both institutions to fill shortages in these essential areas,” Mount Mary’s Cherney said in the release.
Both universities are sponsored by the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
“Both of our campuses are founded on the spirituality of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, and both of our campuses reflect it so beautifully,” said Sister Charmaine Krohe, provincial leader of the School Sisters of Notre Dame Atlantic Midwest Province, and chair of NDMU’s corporate Board of Trustees. “I want to add the congratulations of both (SSND) Provincial Councils to Dr. Marylou Yam and Dr. Isabelle Cherney for establishing this wonderful partnership between Notre Dame of Maryland University and Mount Mary University.” For more information, visit ndm.edu or mtmary.edu.
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