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CSU-Global Campus receives accreditation
Madeline Novey
Issue date: 12/24/08 Section: News
Students at CSU-Global can earn bachelor's degrees, advanced degrees and master's degrees by completing coursework taught by CSU faculty on-line.
Undergraduate programs include a Bachelor of Science in Business Management, Bachelor of Science in Administration, among others, and graduate programs include a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership and a Master of Science in Teaching and Learning.
The average student-to-faculty ratio in classes is 20 to 1, which is better than the 40 or 50 to 1 that many other online universities boast and leads to better faculty-to-student interaction.
Despite opposition from CSU faculty in response to a $12 million loan to create the online education institution, CEO Rich Schweigert said in an interview in October that the university saw Global Campus as an investment in a growing, online education marketplace.
It is required that the loan be paid back, plus interest, within five years. Schweigert said the money will be paid back and that with increased enrollment, the online university will return a net gain of tens of millions of dollars to the CSU System and the physical campus.
Global Campus currently has a total enrollment of 1,050. The student body, with an average age of 37, is made up of an older demographic of working adults and non-traditional students who want to earn a bachelor's degree, advanced degree or professional training.
Jones said that CSU-Global is right on track with enrollment goals and that the accreditation will help the institution "move forward rapidly toward that goal."
"We are still on that course; that plan for five years," Jones said of the recent enrollment rates and the university's future goals. "(The accreditation) is part of the plan to develop Global Campus."
Assistant News Editor Madeline Novey can be reached at news@collegian.com.
Undergraduate programs include a Bachelor of Science in Business Management, Bachelor of Science in Administration, among others, and graduate programs include a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership and a Master of Science in Teaching and Learning.
The average student-to-faculty ratio in classes is 20 to 1, which is better than the 40 or 50 to 1 that many other online universities boast and leads to better faculty-to-student interaction.
Despite opposition from CSU faculty in response to a $12 million loan to create the online education institution, CEO Rich Schweigert said in an interview in October that the university saw Global Campus as an investment in a growing, online education marketplace.
It is required that the loan be paid back, plus interest, within five years. Schweigert said the money will be paid back and that with increased enrollment, the online university will return a net gain of tens of millions of dollars to the CSU System and the physical campus.
Global Campus currently has a total enrollment of 1,050. The student body, with an average age of 37, is made up of an older demographic of working adults and non-traditional students who want to earn a bachelor's degree, advanced degree or professional training.
Jones said that CSU-Global is right on track with enrollment goals and that the accreditation will help the institution "move forward rapidly toward that goal."
"We are still on that course; that plan for five years," Jones said of the recent enrollment rates and the university's future goals. "(The accreditation) is part of the plan to develop Global Campus."
Assistant News Editor Madeline Novey can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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