Michigan State Univ. Online, M.A. in Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education

Michigan State University,
Department of Education,
Erickson Hall,
620 Farm Lane Rm 423,
East Lansing, MI 48824-1034

T: (517) 353-5187

The top ranked Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education (HALE) MA program at Michigan State University offers a professional development degree that provides a broad understanding of postsecondary education from social, historical, philosophical, developmental, and international perspectives. It also promotes understanding of central issues in Organization and Leadership; Teaching and Learning; and Contexts of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education as they reflect the relationship between theory and practice. The HALE MA program seeks to strengthen postsecondary educational opportunities for individuals by preparing them to foster organizational development and change within an increasingly complex and global society, to nurture within individuals, groups, organizations, and society ability in and commitment to lifelong learning, and to honor diversity and difference among people, groups, and societies.