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Academic Continuance in Case Of Contagion
Jonathan P. Mathews
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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”
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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?
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What About Web Classes?
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e-Learning Cooperative?
Flow of Courses from Campus to Campus in the e-Learning Cooperative
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• largest PSU campus
• Established 1998• Sole delivery channel for non-campus students
• Profit sharing• Marketing (& market research)
• Student services• Technical support
“World Campus”
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Who is Teaching Online (WEB)?
5,439 full time faculty*, 2,600 part time (*non-administration), 3,000 full time at UP
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Snowday ApproachesRapid Online Responses to Academic Interruptions-Longer term Solution
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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
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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