Expanding Online Learning in China. Robert Ubell Dean School of Professional Education Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ

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1 Expanding Online Learning in China Robert Ubell Dean School of Professional Education Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ

2 Early History Colonel John Stevens III ( ) Treasurer of NJ in Revolutionary War With Second Son, Robert Livingston Stevens, Pioneered Steam Transportation First U.S. steam locomotive Robert invented the T-rail and the cowcatcher Helped pass first U.S. patent laws The Stevens Family: Transportation Pioneers First steam railroad Phoenix, the first steamship to make an ocean voyage

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5 Principal Fields Technology Management Project Management Telecom Management Wireless Enterprise Security Systems Engineering Software Engineering

6 What Is Stevens Institute of Established 1870 Technology? Bachelors, Masters, PhDs Engineering Computer Science Technology Management Fall 2005 Student Population 2800 graduate students 1700 undergraduates

7 What Is WebCampus? Launched ,000 Enrollments 43 US States, 40 countries 106 Faculty 134 Courses 11 Masters and an MBA 33 Graduate Certificates $15 million in revenue

8 WebCampus Enrollments Enrollments FY00 FY01 FY02 FY FY FY05 Undergrad Grad

9 WebCampus Around the World 43 States 40 Countries

10 Stevens Relationships with Fortune 1000 Companies

11 WebCampus Society Sponsors

12 Stevens China Council Beijing Huizhi CIMC Citigroup Honeywell IBM Intel Lucent Microsoft Reed Elsevier Sun Thomson Learning WebCT

13 Stevens China Program 1/3 taught online by Stevens faculty 1/3 taught by Chinese faculty using Stevens curriculum in English 1/3 taught by Stevens faculty onsite in Beijing in accelerated courses

14 Accreditation Accredited by US Middle States Commission of Higher Education Accredited by Chinese Ministry of Education

15 Prof. Liu joins Prof. s Ryan class

16 How It Works Tuition Students in China receive 1/2 scholarship Revenues divided equally between Stevens and Chinese partner Financial Chinese pay for classrooms, their faculty, local software and workstations Stevens pays for its faculty, travel, housing

17 Prof. Nina Ziv from Polytechni University is a Guest Lecturer

18 How It Works Stevens is university of record Stevens holds student transcripts and history Stevens provides curriculum Common online course platform Chinese manage classrooms and logistics Chinese manage Ministry of Education Degrees awarded by Stevens

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21 Stevens in China Beijing Institute of Technology Master s in Telecommunications Management Master s in Microlectronics and Photonics Shanghai Jiao Tong University Master s in Telecommunications Management Master s in Microlectronics and Photonics Central University of Finance & Economics (in association with China Development Bank) Master s in Project Management

22 Programs Under Negotiation Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China Ocean University

23 Read All About It IEEE Spectrum Special China Issue June 2005 Education Pathways Special Issue September 2005 Star Ledger October 2003 Chronicle of Higher Education January 2006 Business Week January 2006

24 Where Did They Go? Companies Where Chinese Graduates Work Aerospace Information AIG Beijing Strategic Decision Resources Brunei ZTE Bytemobile China National Railway Digital China Emerson Frost & Sullivan Huawei Intel Powerec Siemens 263.Net.. PhD Students Stevens BIT

25 What Did We Learn? Internationalized our university Increased our visibility and prestige Improved employability of Chinese students Established enduring relationship with partner Incurred nearly risk-free investment

26 WebCampus.Stevens Best Online University Sloan-C Award for Institution-Wide Online Teaching & Learning WebCampus.Stevens

27 WebCampus.Stevens Best Online Graduate School USDLA 1 st Century Best Practice Award WebCampus.Stevens

28 Robert Ubell, Dean School of Professional Education Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ (201)