威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校

Our program will prepare you to meet the growing demand for administrators and leaders who work with college students and adult learners in diverse organizations.

The concentration in Adult, Continuing, and Higher Education Administration (ACHEA) will prepare you to advance your administrative leadership skills, improve instructional design of professional development, or succeed in a variety of roles in colleges and universities.

A major focus of our program is preparing leaders for urban higher education institutions who honor diversity and difference among people, groups and societies.

To make substantial social change, students first must have a clear understanding of how to create inclusive policies, practices and environments. As an equity-focused program, we believe in the following principles:

Theory to Practice: We believe theories and research should inform international, national and community policies and practices in higher education. We believe our graduates should be able to use research and theory to guide their practice.

Leadership Focused: We believe graduates should be prepared to use leadership skills in dynamic ways in order make transformative changes within higher education.

Equity Centered: We believe graduates should have the language, tools, knowledge and skills to create equity-centered higher education environments.

Collaborative Learning: We believe graduates should be able to work across different levels of abilities, world views, diversity and knowledge in multiple work environments. We believe graduates should be critical thinkers in order to solve problems and cultivate solutions to change the landscape of higher education both collectively and individually.

Community Partnership Research: We believe that graduate students should be able to collaboratively work with communities in order to inform their practice. As faculty members, we are committed to producing scholarship that includes and promotes collaborative and participatory engagement.