Online MBA
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Corporations have a number of needs that are simply not met. Couple As a school, on the curriculum side of the MBA, and keeping with our
this with the fact that there are still a lot of people, especially in these emphasis on practitioner focus, we are looking at programs and degrees
tough economic times, making the effort to further their education; I that not only have high demand from the business side, but also from
believe that we are nowhere near saturation. prospective students.
We will continue to capitalize on the many opportunities for growth.
The Next Chapter
On the business side there is a huge demand for accountants: in look-
ing at the US Department of Statistics, accounting careers tend to be
moving forward, what can new and existing students expect from in the top five, whether in respect of salary growth, number of jobs, or
Jiu over the next twelve to eighteen months, in terms of program percentage of job growth. Finance follows closely. Effectively, we will be
innovation? There are a number of areas where we are always improving looking at ways to offer additional curriculum and additional programs
- our underlying learning platform and other aspects of the technology in those areas to help meet some of the need.
that is behind the scenes - changes that are invisible to the student. We
don’t change our learning in such a drastic way that students start say- On the other side of the coin, we’ve looked at a number of degrees over the
ing ‘where am I?’ when they show up to class the next day. We focus on year that are in high demand - a good example relates to education where
improving the speed and ease of access to our courses. there is a shortage of mathematics teachers - but we are finding that students
do not want those jobs. We would dearly love to have a mathematics degree
We are also considering social networking technologies. We recog- as a foundation to an education degree; but the students don’t want to do it.
nize that the implementation and use of social learning does take a In this connection we shall continue our efforts to find that balance enabling
lot of thought. It should be done carefully, for if haphazardly, the us to offer degrees that are in demand from both sides. ■
students will not appreciate it or use it and, therefore, not benefit.
We have spent time looking at how we can best bring these tools
to our students, to enhance their learning. So we have a number of
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features in that arena that we will be launching this year that will
Dr Richard Thompson is the Dean of the School of Business at Jones
support the students not only in the classroom but on the career
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