The Strategic Goal of Residency Workshops
Doctoral
residencies
offer
strategic
opportunities
for
students
to
meet
with
their
peers,
faculty, and School leadership to network and share ideas related to postgraduate studies before graduation.
The
overarching
goal
for
Aspen’s
Doctoral
Residency
is
to
allow
students
to
build foundational knowledge and exposure to concepts and ideas in addition to the program curriculum.
This
initiative
was
prompted
by
student
and
faculty
feedback
to
meet,
collaborate, and connect with the Aspen doctoral community.
Each residency is explicitly structured to meet students’ academic and professional needs at specific educational levels. Each residency takes the form of multi-session, virtual events to fit around students’ personal and professional responsibilities easily. Aspen doctoral students are primarily working adults and require the flexibility to participate in virtual sessions. The online modality is consistent with the learning experiences Aspen students are accustomed to. The residency model aligns with Aspen’s university mission of offering motivated college-worthy students an opportunity to receive a high-quality, responsibly priced distance-learning education to assist them with achieving their goal of graduating. To this end, students are given multiple opportunities to attend each residency throughout their program.