PHILOSOPHY

Innovation. Are you ready?

At Erickson School, we provide you with the perspective you need to change your world and the world around you.

Our educational approach focuses on providing a holistic education—meaning immersing yourself in not only one discipline, but grasping as many as you can get your hands on. Enter our unique educational approach which focuses on Aging, Management, and Policy.

Part business school, part aging studies, and part public policy, our integrated approach to learning prevents the silo effect that many other institutions find themselves falling victim to—creating a holistic education that encompasses every facet of Aging Services, readying you for career success.

Erickson’s approach facilitates an active learning environment—attracting students who want to learn, but also want to experience challenge, opportunity, and meaning. Using this experience to truly make a difference in the lives of older adults.

Why Erickson School?

We go beyond.

Besides being the first School of Aging in the nation, we build upon UMBC’s noted tradition of developing offerings in emerging fields. Striving for more than the status quo. Our Graduate Program leverages the existing areas of public policy and human services, and blends high-quality teaching, experiential learning, and real-world exposure to educate a new generation of students in the growing aging management sector. Erickson School prepares students for leadership positions just as the first generation of baby boomers turns 60.
 
As the aging population grows, society must react appropriately. But what is that reaction? By educating an elite group of aging advocates who specialize in appropriate individualized care for seniors, a standard will be set. The more aging advocates, the better the care, and the more aware society becomes to the natural progression of policy change.

Aging policy will begin to form and alter according to the growing needs of the aging population. In addition to successful aging nonprofits, for-profit businesses will begin to learn how to better serve the aging population. Forming one cohesive society of aging advocates.

By educating skilled professionals who can bring together these innovative partnerships and provide an informed perspective to business through research, we will meet—and most likely exceed—the workforce need for qualified individuals to lead the revolution.