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The development of a new doctoral degree program to serve an adult audience: Georgetown University
Author(s) -
O'Callaghan Phyllis
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.400
Subject(s) - degree (music) , degree program , graduate degree , path (computing) , adult education , higher education , sociology , pedagogy , medical education , political science , computer science , medicine , law , physics , acoustics , programming language
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). It also outlines the distinctive features of that degree.