'Online' university consortia
Scott Herriott
institution to take courses for credit from other colleges or
universities.
I am curious to know if the movement toward distance education has
resulted in any inter-university agreements or consortia by which
students can take others' courses and get credit toward transferable
their degrees.
If so, what are some examples? And can students use the financial aid
packages awarded through their "home" institutions to pay the tuition
fees for the distance ed courses taken from others?
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Scott R. Herriott, Ph.D.
Professor of Management
Dean of On-line Education
Maharishi University of Management
Fairfield, Iowa 52557-1070
USA
1-515-472-7000 x5502 (office)
1-515-472-1191 (department and fax)
1-515-472-1797 (home)
mailto: herr...@mum.edu
http://www.mum.edu/SBPA/faculty/herriott.html
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Off the top of my head, there are:
- the Western Governor's University
- California Virtual University
- ADEC Distance Education Consortium
- National Technological University
- Open Learning Australia
- Michigan Virtual University & the Michigan Virtual Automotive College
I'm sure that there are many more.
Regards,
Gary
Smith, Susan
facilitating collaborative distance education programs within The University
of Texas System. Beginning in Fall 1999, an MBA in General Management, an
MEd in Educational Technology and a program called First Year Online (a
group of freshman-level courses) will be offered through the TeleCampus.
These programs feature courses offered by multiple universities within the
UT System. The participating institutions have agreed to accept these
courses for transfer credit. Some of our biggest challenges have been to
simplify the admissions and registration procedures for these programs to
make it easier on students. These negotiations have been long and
difficult, but everyone involved has been cooperative.
As for financial aid, that is something we're still working on. Just like
with admissions and registration, helping students with financial aid in
these programs will take much cooperation.
For more information about these programs, keep your eye on the DE Programs
and Degrees page in the TeleCampus Registrar Building.
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Susan L. Smith
UT TeleCampus ASH 426 (P4100)
The University of Texas System 201 W. 7th St.
email: ssm...@utsystem.edu Austin, TX 78701-2981
phone: 512-499-4292 fax: 512-494-3520
TeleCampus: 1-888-TEXAS16 telec...@utsystem.edu
http://www.telecampus.utsystem.edu
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Maggie McVay
universities who have agreed to accept credits. Depending on the
configuration of your major, you end up with a degree from a single
institution or a degree from Western Governor's University. Check ou
their site at: http://www.wgu.edu/wgu/index.html Recently they also
signed an agreement with the Open University.
In addition to WGU, many colleges and universities are forming alliance
relationships. For example, Franklin forms alliances with community
colleges to offer online Bachelor degree programs to their students.
This is being well-received particularly in rural areas where students
do not have easy access to four year schools.
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Maggie McVay
Faculty, Distance Education
Program Chair, Professional Foundations
Franklin University
(614) 220-8943