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

Dr. RobertFronk321-674-8361fronk@fit.edu

Dr. Mary Bonhomme

321-674-8883

bonhomme@fit.edu