This article describes the evolving learning model of the Fielding Graduate Institute's innovative Ph.D. Program in Human and Organization Development. Based on the principles of andragogy, this program developed various forms of distance learning combining brief academic residencies with individualized learning plans carried out in the student's home setting and within the context of one-to-one faculty-student mentoring relationships. During the past several years, the program has been moving to a more collaborative and critical model of education. This article describes the original adult learning principles on which the program was founded and those it has added; its enduring differences, in ends and means, from traditional forms of graduate study; the limitations of andragogy and self-directed learning; and the primary components of an emerging model that builds on the principles of andragogy, but it adds elements of critical and collaborative pedagogy that can make possible social and personal empowerment and transformation.
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