Adult Learning and Leadership EdD

Lifelong learning for adults is an increasingly important educational specialization in the 21st century. Rapid changes are transforming society and making it critical for adults to continue to learn across the lifespan. Much of that learning takes place in classrooms, but a lot of learning also occurs informally through interaction in groups, communities, organizations, and social networks.

The Adult Learning & Leadership program, at the Ed.D. level, is designed for professionals who already have experience in helping adults learn inside and outside the classroom, and who want to further hone their leadership abilities at more senior levels in organizations, consulting groups, or institutions of learning. The intellectual framework of the program examines the relationship of adult learning to organizational, management and leadership issues. The program prepares scholar-practitioners who examine practice in light of theory, and vice-versa, in ways that enable them to lead, assess, and plan strategically for adult learning programs and interventions. Students master research skills that support their leadership in helping individuals to learn more effectively, and in helping organizations to learn from and with those adults.

The approved 75 credit EdD includes a minimum of 45 credits to be earned at TC and up to 30 credits that can be transferred in from other graduate accredited institutions or elsewhere in the College.

Certification Guide