PRESENTATIO
N NAME
About
• Wilmington University started in 1968 as
Wilmington College with a charter class of
194.
• Became a University in 2007.
• WU now enrolls over 14,756 students with
13 sites in DE, NJ, and MD.
• Accredited by the Middle States
Commission on Higher Education.
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About
8 Delaware
Locations
5 Partnership Locations
Salem Community College (Carney’s Point, NJ)
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
Burlington County College
(Mt. Laurel, Pemberton, NJ)
Cumberland County College
(Vineland, NJ)
Cecil College (Elkton, MD)
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Academic Colleges
College of
wilmu.edu/ArtsAndSciences
College of
wilmu.edu/Business
College of
wilmu.edu/Education
College of
wilmu.edu/Health
College of
wilmu.edu/BehavioralScience
College of
wilmu.edu/Technology
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Course Formats
• Semester Classes
Students meet for 15 weeks,
once a week for 2.5 hours.
• Block Classes
Students meet for 7 weeks,
once a week for 5 hours.
• Online Learning
Students meet 100% online.
• Weekend Modular Classes
Students meet for two
20-hour weekends during a
specific month.
• Hybrid Classes
Courses that blend in-class
teaching, and online learning.
*** Day and evening classes available in most formats ***
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LEARN ANYWHERE
17 Undergraduate and
8 Graduate Online Programs
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Allied Health
Behavioral Science
Career & Technical Education
General Studies (AS and BS)
Human Resources Management
RN to BSN (Accelerated option available)
Organizational Management
Web Information Systems
• MBA
• Psychology
• Criminal Justice
Many programs offered 100% Online
wilmu.edu/Online
Agenda – Creating an OLSP
• Why we created a plan
• How we accomplished the work
• The process
• Course development & program
completion
• Recommendations
• Key take-aways
• Questions
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History
• DL started 2007
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Course creation
PD for faculty
No marketing
0 – 400 courses
in 5 years
o 100% OL students
growing
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Why We Created a Plan
o Leadership driven
o Retention -student services,
more PD, infrastructure
o Program completion -course life
cycle
o Growth -market outside region
o Budget -staffing, resources
o Compliant with Middle States
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Multi-year budget; 2C, 8A
Plan to expand OL; 2B & D
Course planning and program completion; 4D
Assessments contribute to improvements; 5B,E,F, H
Ongoing professional development; 3A, 4H, 6B & E
Online orientation; 4J, 7C
Support improvements for students; 5D,7J, 9A
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How We Accomplished the
Work
Communicated
the purpose of
the plan
Decided how
we would get
work done
Chose leaders
from key areas
Defined the
process and
structure
Determined
timeframe
Identified
objectives and
deliverables
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The Process
Off-line work,
analysis, interviews,
data gathering,
visits, collaboration
Presentations,
discussions,
consensus,
recommendations,
clarification,
writing, preparing,
presenting
Determination of
work to be done,
discussion in
committee
meetings
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3 Year Course Development
Plan
 Course Development Plan
 Database for Academic Colleges
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Development and Redevelopment
800
700
Developed Courses-Cumulative
681
600
500
400
497
381
300
313
271
200
223
182
100
0
614
300 “new”
courses in
3 years
133
97
37
43
AY 06-07 AY 07-08 AY 08-09 AY 09-10 AY 10-11 AY 11-12 AY 12-13 AY 13-14
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Program Completion
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Other Pieces of the Plan
• Data, data, data…….
• Student population
• Marketing needs
• Student services
• Academic programs
• Financial considerations
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Recommendations
• Marketing
• New positions
o Academic
o Online/EdTech
• Web upgrades
• Exploration of new ideas
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Key Take-aways
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Data
• Rationale
• Ongoing work/
implementation
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Questions?
eileen.g.donnelly@wilmu.edu
tish.b.gallagher@wilmu.edu
bonnie.l.kirkpatrick@wilmu.edu
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sallie.a.reissman@wilmu.edu