"Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult."
—Warren Bennis

About the Institute

Imagine...

...having the capacity to transform your organization so that every member contributes maximally to the whole. Each takes responsibility for his or her own learning, growth, satisfaction, and results.

Imagine...

...living in a home where there is quality contact among family members rather than a retreat to separate spheres.

Imagine...

...designing school systems, cities, and countries to ensure the maximum contribution and satisfaction of every individual within them.

Now imagine graduate education that equips you to make this a reality: the Wright Graduate Institute.

The Wright Graduate Institute for the Realization of Human Potential was founded in 2008 to provide experientially-based, academically solid graduate education leading to M.A., Ed.D. and Ph.D. degrees in Human Development.

Serving the needs of adult, mid-career professionals who hold at least a baccalaureate degree, the Wright Graduate Institute brings together the best of the last 100 years of psychology and philosophy. It synthesizes traditional Adlerian, developmental, and existential schools of thought with cutting-edge methodologies in order to integrate, develop, and disseminate the best human development technologies available; to join traditional academic rigor with practical experiential development of self-knowledge and interpersonal competency; and to apply to those methods to all areas of life for maximum results and greater service in almost any profession.

The Wright Graduate Institute is authorized by the Wisconsin Educational Approval Board to operate and grant the M.A., Ph.D., and Ed.D. degrees. As a new and independent institution, it will become eligible to seek regional accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities upon graduating its first class in 2010.

Before beginning my work at the Wright Graduate Institute, I didn't know how to learn. I knew how to memorize stuff. Everything I'd learned in my life had been memorized and forgotten because I'd never integrated my learning into who I was. Now, I am relearning how to learn and engaging my curiosity in a completely different way at a very personal level.
—Beryl Stromsta
WI Masters Student