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The Development of a New Doctoral Degree Program to Serve an Adult Audience: Georgetown University
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O'Callaghan, Phyllis – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
The road to a new degree program is rarely smooth. The author describes the lengthy and bumpy path to the successful creation of and approval for the first nontraditional doctorate offered at Georgetown University, the Doctor of Liberal Studies Degree (DLS). The new Doctor in Liberal Studies (DLS) required applicants to have a master's degree or…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Program Development, Nontraditional Education, Doctoral Programs
Delivering an Organizational Leadership PhD Program at a Distance: University of Oklahoma
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Rodgers, Joseph Lee; Williams, T. H. Lee – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
In this chapter, the authors identify and review a number of key features in the successful development and maintenance of a PhD program delivered at a distance. The University of Oklahoma's PhD program in organizational leadership was developed in the early 1990s and delivered (primarily, but not completely) to military personnel and families…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, Distance Education
From Margin to Mainstream to Collaboration: Regarding Public Issues
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Knox, Alan B. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2004
Collaboration across the domains of continuing education and organizations advance civil society to address public issues.
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Continuing Education, Citizenship Education, Political Issues