PennCLO Executive Doctoral Program

The University of Pennsylvania Chief Learning Officer Executive Doctoral program prepares corporate and nonprofit learning and talent management leaders. Our multi-disciplinary doctoral program is designed to meet the needs of mid- to senior-level learning leaders from a variety of sectors. The program provides a rigorous academic environment in which executive students gain knowledge and build the skills necessary to ensure successful learning initiatives that will align with an organization’s strategy and guide employee performance across the organization.

In a knowledge economy, developing an organization’s talent is a critical component of its success. It is imperative for those committed to human capital development within organizations to infuse evidence-based practice into the creation and oversight of leadership development, learning, and managerial initiatives. For this reason, in today’s organizations everyone is a learning leader.

The Penn Chief Learning Officer program’s intensive professional learning community meets for two separate weeks each semester (block), either in person or virtually. The academic blocks are augmented by a variety of learning modalities: seminars, field projects, academic and practitioner-oriented writing assignments, and group projects. Students earn an Ed.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania within 3-4 years.