Online MBA
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ThE ChAnGinG FACE oF
DISTAnCE
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»Jonathan Calens talks to Dr richard Thompson
Our new students
participate in an
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orientation that
provides them
with the tools and
guidance that they
need to be successful.
When they step into
the first class they
are ready.
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It is also worthy to note that anyone we hire as a faculty member Effectively, when we talk about our
is a course instructor, as opposed to faculty who concentrate on the high quality faculty, we are talking
research side of the equation. We also seek faculty who have written about the well trained instructors
and presented professionally. who are providing formative and
summative feedback that is timely
There are many other ways the faculty can demonstrate scholarship and substantive and is grounded in both
and activity in the field. Currently, 85 percent of the MBA faculty theory and practice.
actually do hold terminal degrees, with an average work experience of
8 to 9 years. This enables us to maintain that focus on quality and a The quality and background of the professors charged with
very different learning model that’s unique to us. teaching and motivating Jiu’s students is clearly very impor-
tant. however, what sets Jiu’s faculty apart from other schools?
We provide our faculty with training from day one: before they walk Every school affirms they have quality. Certainly everyone within
into a classroom they learn our technologies, our learning model and their definition of their mission and vision is providing quality.
so forth. We carry out regular and ongoing evaluations of the faculty Our definition of quality of faculty is, as mentioned previously, ter-
using numerous online tools that provide us with rich and timely feed- minal degrees, 3 to 5 years experience and scholarly work in the
back, which in turn is used to further develop the faculty. relevant industry.
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