university alliance. partnership with bisk education, inc. other schools currently have one graduate...
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University Alliance
University Alliance
• Partnership with Bisk Education, Inc.
• Other schools
• Currently have one graduate program in University Alliance
Degrees under contract to offer
• AA Liberal Arts• AA Business Administration• BS Business Administration
– Accounting– Computer Information
Systems– Health Care Management– Management– Marketing
• BS Accounting• BS Computer Information
Systems• BA Criminal Justice• HR Administration Minor with
any Bachelor’s
• Contract Signed January 2006
• Director brought on July 2006
• Launch January 2008
Impact on
• SACS
• QEP
• National Ranking
Development of curriculum
• All degrees will include Florida Tech core
• Use existing course numbers where appropriate
Course development/presentation• Developed by “presenting” faculty
– $4,000 plus travel expense
• Taught by “evaluating” faculty– If full time, pay as overload w/ pay as adjunct– If adjunct, pay $1750 as a base & then $110 for
every student above 15– If online faculty, pay is their salary
Course review/improvement
• $1,000 per course
• All current course material (95 courses) needs to be reviewed
Teaching of course
• Materials include video, syllabus and textbooks
• Educational activities include chats, discussion board, assignments and assessments
Assessments
• Papers• Projects• Online quizzes – multiple choice, T/F,
matching, short answers• Open book exams• Questions handled by “evaluating” faculty
faculty of record
• Ensure same as on-campus by focusing on outcome assessments
• Degree is granted by Florida Tech
Admission standard• Student Selection Criteria
(See Handout)
Administrative questions
• Transcript will look the same
• Access to financial aid
• Access to library
• Florida Tech e-mail
Academic questions
• Subject to academic dismissal just as other on-campus & off-campus students
• Courses taken from Florida Tech through University Alliance delivery same as “change of major”
• Courses from other University Alliance schools are subject to “transfer”
Intellectual property
• Course media will be jointly copyrighted by Florida Tech and Bisk
• Course media development is a “work for hire”
• Course content remains the property of the faculty
Intellectual property, cont’d.
• Course media will be revised every 3-5 years except for those courses needing more frequent revision
• Currency maintained through syllabus, chats, assignments, discussion board
