The Scholar, Practitioner, Leader Model is the educational framework used by the School of Advanced Studies to ensure that curriculum combines scholarship and theory with practical skills and knowledge that you can use in the workplace.
Become the Leader who Influences and Inspires
The Scholar, Practitioner, Leader (SPL) Model is a unique part of the practitioner doctoral programs in the School of Advanced Studies, focusing on developing leaders who enrich the world.
The Model represents a paradigm for incorporating lifelong learning (scholarship), social and workplace contribution (practice), and the ability to exert positive influence (leadership) in your academic, professional, and personal lives.
Doctoral programs, not including the Ph.D., in the School of Advanced Studies are designed around this evolving and dynamic model. Through our curriculum you will incorporate scholarship, practice, and leadership—and the associated skills, tools, and dispositions into an interdependent whole.
Leadership is both the core and the driving force of this way of learning. By participating in classroom dialogue, conducting original research, and integrating theoretical and application-based knowledge, you will expand your understanding of leadership. You will discover how to be a leader of influence and inspiration.
