What do we do?

What is our service to society?
What needs do we fill?

Why do we do it?

What is our mission? Our purpose?

How do we do it?

Do we offer quality and convenience?
Are there more effective ways
of doing what we do?

Past

Future

Degree Seekers

Credits / Majors / Degrees

Person-to-Person / Discrete

State / Midwest

Expensive / Selective

Faculty Expertise

University Status

Higher Education Has Changed

Target Market

Services Sold

Instruction

Market Region

Cost & Scale

Student Motivator

Student Motivator

Changes

What Do 131 Programs Do?

Educate the largest and only growing segment of students -- professionals.

Why Do We Make 131 Programs?

To reach more students, scale our curricula, and help departments fund faculty

How Do We Design 131 Programs?

Adult-Learner Focused.

Flexible Offerings.

Market Demand.

DEVELOPMENT

Build an Ecosystem...

Ecosystem Key Concepts

Online First

Modular Development

Designed with Myriad Non-Credit Gateways

Trans-Disciplinary Ecosystem

Applied Computer
Science M.S.

PROGRAM OPTIONS 

- Public Health Analysis

- Library Info Architecture

- UX Development

- Geo-Intelligence

- Remote Sensing Dev

- A.I. for Business

Robust and Flexible Ecosystem

Non-Credit Alternatives

- A.I. Fundamentals

- A.I. with Azure

- A.I. with AWS

- Database Design

- Web UX and JavaScript

Stackable Design 

Applied Computer Science M.S.

Public Health Analysis Option

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP FOR ECOSYSTEM

Social Work, M.S.W.

Tele-Nursing

Farm Management

Agronomy / Gardening

Technical Writing

IMPLEMENTATION

Incentives & Collaboration

Faculty

- Teaching Not Required

- Passive Revenue

- Meaningful for Tenure
    and Promotion

Departments

- Minimal Impact on Teaching

- Revenue Growth

- Low Cost

- A Seat at the Table...

Colleges

- Data

- Market Research

- Low Risk / High Reward

- Passive Revenue

Corporate Buy In

We Offer...

- Educated and trained talent pool

- Technology proliferation

- Branding and affiliation

We Ask for...

- Interviews for alumni

- Program input

- Workshops, lecturers, and mentors

Summary

PROBLEM

- We sell education. Financials have changed

ACTION ITEMS

- Repackage education for contemporary market

- Differentiate how we offer education from other universities

FIRST STEP: Build on Our Strengths

- Build a modular ecosystem beginning with existing programs.

Undergrad
Degrees

Graduate
Degrees

Certificates
 

Non-Credit
 

Lifelong Subscribers