ACE Masters Online Learning is a lifelong process which extends far beyond formal schooling. Adult education assists women and men realize their complementary potential for responsibility and control.
Adults learn to act responsibly as citizens, workers, and family members.
Today's adult educator must possess vision as well as tools, theory as well as practical skill, to promote active learning and reflection among adults who are increasingly required to take action in relation to local and global problems. Adult education is central to the overall philosophy and purpose of National-Louis University, known for its tradition of social responsiveness and its emphasis on preparing practitioners to contribute to the educational health of society. This responsiveness is at the core of adult education as a field and, in particular, at the core of graduate programs in adult education. The University National-Louis University has been a leader in education since its beginning in 1886 as National College of Education. For more than a decade, these programs have been meeting the emerging educational needs of the adult learner.