Logistics

The Mid-Career Doctorate provides the time and space that educational leaders like you need to focus on their academic work. The program accommodates students working full-time, including those at senior levels at districts and organizations across the country. Students meet once every three or four weeks for two and a half days at a time (Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday). A one-week summer meeting offers modules in condensed blocks.

Once you arrive in Philadelphia, you can direct your entire attention to the academic tasks at hand, leaving behind the pressures and distractions of your office and home. You pay a single price for the program, which includes all tuition and fees, housing, books and materials, and meals. Access to small-group meeting rooms, Internet connectivity, fitness facilities, and other amenities typically associated with a leading executive education program are available, so that you can use your time in Philadelphia to maximum effect.

The Mid-Career Doctorate accommodates working professionals, including those at senior levels at districts and organizations across the country, by modeling the successful format of leading executive-level business administration programs. Students attend coursework three days each month in the fall and spring semesters and one week during the summer. The program explicitly teaches collaboration and reflective practice, and models a collaborative learning community by forming cohorts of students. Use of the Internet allows continuity between formal weekend program sessions. In a virtual learning community, students, faculty, and adjunct instructors come together to discuss assignments, download readings, and reflect upon practice.

TYPICAL WEEKEND SCHEDULE

PROGRAM CALENDAR FOR COHORT ENTERING SUMMER 2009 (TBD)