Adult and Continuing Education (Ed.D.)
College of Arts and Sciences
Program Description:
The NLU doctoral program in Adult Education (ACE), offered by the College of Arts and Sciences, provides a forum for critical reflection on adult education practice, through weekend and residential sessions, as well as Web-based support, to provide the resources for educators of adults. The future of our economy, and of democracy itself, rests on an informed populace. This program is for those of you who are teachers, organizers, trainers and grass-roots activists who, through your work, seek to contribute to the emergence of a productive society grounded in equity and justice.
Our curriculum is based on the role adult education plays as a means of fostering informed decision-making and democracy-building in the work place or in the community. You will help shape that curriculum through the practice of student governance; collegial, critical conversations with faculty and fellow students.
The entire program, including classwork and dissertation, can be completed in three years.
How You Will Learn:
Adult Education classes meet eight weekends during the year and during three, two-week summer institutes. Classes are team-taught and discussion is a prime teaching method.
What You Will Learn:
- How to apply theory to practice.
- How to evaluate teaching practices.
- How to improve and enhance teaching practices.
- How to design and conduct rigorous research.
- How to engage in critical, reflective practice.
Where You Can Take the Program:
At the NLU campus in
Chicago.
