Academic Programs - Adult Education, Learning and Organization Development Program
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Ed.D. in Adult Education (CTCLI)
The Community and Technical College Leadership Initiative (CTCLI) is a focus that is available in three Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) academic programs: Adult Education, Higher Education, and Occupational Studies Education. The following is a brief description of each. This information includes the mission and a summary of the expertise of the faculty members in each unit. For more complete information about the academic programs, please visit their individual websites.
Adult Education Academic Program
Adult Education’s mission is to engage in instruction, research, and outreach activities related to the personal and professional development needs of adults that are best fulfilled through education. Formal adult education activities take place in a variety of institutions and social movements including such settings as: schools and colleges, business and industry, churches, hospitals, and community-based social justice organizations. A variety of research methods are endorsed: historical, quantitative, qualitative, philosophical, and literary approaches. Faculty members have a wide range of expertise including adult literacy, leadership and administration of adult education programs, continuing education, community colleges, adult learners in higher education, human resource development, informal learning, social movement learning, adult development, women as learners, community development, and multicultural education.
Institute of Higher Education Academic Program
The mission of the Institute of Higher Education Academic Program is to prepare graduate students for leadership positions in teaching, research, and public service in two-year and four-year colleges and universities and other organizations and agencies involved in postsecondary education. The Institute faculty and staff collaborate with other state and regional agencies and higher education institutions, as well as national and international organizations, to develop specific programs, research, seminars and conferences to meet the pressing needs of constituent faculty, administrators, institutions, and boards. Research and teaching interests of the faculty involved in the CTCLI focus on financial and legal issues in higher education, institutional research, institutional planning, institutional effectiveness and efficiency, development and evaluation of academic programs, student assessment, comparative international higher education, and multiculturalism in higher education. For more information, visit the Institute’s Website at www.uga.edu/ihe. Mailing address: Meigs Hall, Athens, GA 30602.
Occupational Studies Academic Program
The mission of the former Occupational Studies Academic Program (now called Career and Technical Education in the Department of Workforce Education, Leadership, and Social Foundations) is to prepare and develop professional educators and leaders in career and technical education to serve in the public and private sector and to advance the knowledge base of career and technical education, workforce preparation, and professional development through teaching, research, and service. Faculty are committed to program development and are working to create a world-class graduate program in occupational studies. Faculty teaching in the CTCLI bring a variety of strengths and experience including workforce education policy development; administration and leadership in post secondary education; organizational behavior; technology for education and the workplace; and faculty development in career and technical education. For more information visit the Department of Workforce Education, Leadership, and Social Foundations.
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Ed.D. in Adult Education Graduate Handbook
