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Academic Continuance in Case Of Contagion. Jonathan P. Mathews. About Penn State. Formed 1855 Land Grant Institution 25 Campus Locations >90,000 Students (total) 42,294 at University Park (Main Campus) 6,267 being graduate students 160 Majors 7,000 undergraduate courses
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Academic Continuance in Case Of Contagion Jonathan P. Mathews
About Penn State • Formed 1855 • Land Grant Institution • 25 Campus Locations • >90,000 Students (total) • 42,294 at University Park (Main Campus) • 6,267 being graduate students • 160 Majors • 7,000 undergraduate courses • 157 graduate programs at 5 Campus Locations • And a World Campus (5,009 students) (6% growth last year) • 15 Colleges • 5,439 full time faculty*, 2,600 part time (*non-administration) “One University geographically dispersed”
Student Body & Pandemic • Need to protect the PSU name, students, and revenue (to ensure continuance) • WEB Classes can play a role • World Campus can play a role • But can not accommodate the 7,000 courses or the 44,000 + students at University Park or 42,000 other students at other campus locations-currently • We all need to pitch in (assuming we are able to do so) Can we carry on in case of pandemic? Should we? Time frame? How can we recover/restart a semester?
e-Learning Cooperative? Flow of Courses from Campus to Campus in the e-Learning Cooperative
largest PSU campus • Established 1998 • Sole delivery channel for non-campus students • Profit sharing • Marketing (& market research) • Student services • Technical support • “World Campus”
Who is Teaching Online (WEB)? 5,439 full time faculty*, 2,600 part time (*non-administration), 3,000 full time at UP
Snowday Approaches Rapid Online Responses to Academic Interruptions-Longer term Solution
Special 6-Week Mostly GenEd Semester (if we are unprepared) • If the University was to cancel classes: • Keep World Campus Open • Special 6-week* semester of only existing WEB classes via CMS (ANGEL), same as summer schedule • Massive increase in enrollment capacity via using additional faculty (voluntary) • 6-weeks is defined time period (long enough for pandemic to take its course?) • Restart the previous existing semester after with adjustments (faculty availability | semester length) • Faculty continue to mentor graduate students online • Revenue is protected (no need to cancelled a semester) • *Typical Semester is 15 weeks
Acknowledgements • Stephen Abrams • Jeanie Andrews Paula Milone-Nuzzo, • Diane Brannon Margaret E. Spear • John Harwood Susan Welch • Linda C. Higginson ReginaVasilatosYounken • Ronald L. Jackson II Patricia Mills • Janet May David DiBiase • Cole Camplese