Vision for Expanded Access to BA Degree

1. ReThink 2013: Acceleration
Expanding the PSU Sphere of Influence: A Vision for Increased
Access Through Highly Effective Online Programming in Business
Education
Samad Hinton
TC Dale
Doug Siegler
Jeanne Enders

2. The Mission
 The students
 Increasing PSU revenue and capacity
 Excellence in the 21st century

3. Mary Dalia
•Single mom
•Earned Associate’s Degree at PCC
online
•Earning her B.A. at PSU in
Management and Leadership
Online classes at PCC worked
wonderfully for me. There is no way for
me to finish without online coursework.

4. Palageya (Polly) Zechmann
•Non-native speaker
•Earning her B.A. at PSU in Management and
Leadership
With the opportunity to take online classes I am able
to manage my work, family and education schedule to
finally complete my education.
I will be the first in my family to earn a college degree
while mentoring my children to do the same.
Online classes have given me the opportunity to work
towards an education, a life changing experience to
help me grow in all aspects of life.

5. Three Degrees - One Platform
Leadership and Supply and Social
Management Logistics Entrepreneurship Future
(6 courses)
Management Degrees
(6 courses)
(6 courses)
ONLINE BUSINESS CORE (8 courses)
Research & Analysis - Organizational Behavior - Finance - Marketing - Information
Technology - Operations and Quality - Business Environment - Strategy Capstone

6. Rolling Admissions & Six Cohorts

7. Non-Degree Certificates
Leadership and Supply and Social
Management Logistics Entrepreneurship Future
(6 courses)
Management Certificates
(6 courses)
(6 courses)

8. A Good Online Program
 Highly-standardized
 For example, shared rubrics across the program
 Required video component
 Limited templates/formats for delivery
 Culminating community-based assignments
 Integrated curriculum
 Progressive cases
 Program course design and assessment
 Career
 ePortfolios targeting post-grad job placement
 Self-paced learning objects on career topics open to all PSU
students

9. Retention and Success
(for students AND faculty)
 Teaching assistants/Coaches
 On campus orientation
 Synchronous activity in each course
 Full, customer service oriented tech support

10. What’s Missing Now?
 A stunning, dynamic, interactive website reflecting
program quality
 Placement and tracking capacity
 Production infrastructure
 Dedicated online staff and core online faculty

11. The task of a University is the
creation of the future.
THE JUSTIFICATION FOR A UNIVERSITY IS THAT IT PRESERVES THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND THE ZEST OF LIFE, BY UNITING
THE YOUNG AND THE OLD IN THE IMAGINATIVE CONSIDERATION OF
LEARNING.
Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947)
Thank you for your consideration.