Empirical Research
Profile of Online Programs in Private Colleges: From College to University with a Click
By Michael Miller and Adam Morris
Volume 6 - Issue 1
Jan 9, 2008 - 12:02:01 PM

The number of private liberal arts colleges offering post-bachelor’s degree programs through technology-mediated formats has grown dramatically in the past decade. In many instances this has resulted in a changing mission and expanding revenue base for the traditional liberal arts college, and can present changing behaviors and focus of work. The current study was conducted to profile the rationale and challenges private colleges who have been reclassified as universities through the development and offering of graduate degree programs in technology-mediated formats. Three primary themes arose from the comments: a belief in access, program survival, and a question of money.