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July 24, 2008, 01:57 PM ET
U. of Illinois to Set Tuition for New Online Programs
The new online-education program of the University of Illinois, Global Campus, is offering three new courses of study. The university’s board of trustees is supposed to vote tomorrow on tuition charges for the courses, possibly providing additional revenue for the Global Campus program.
The multimillion program got off to a slow start early this year, with relatively few students enrolling. Officials said they had not yet ramped up their marketing and expected interest from students to increase.
One way to generate that interest is to offer more courses. Global Campus now will offer a graduate certificate in a biblical approach to mental health and graduate certificates in business-process management and information project technology management. Each program will begin enrolling students in 2009 and consist of three courses totaling 12 hours, the Daily Illini newspaper reports. Global Campus already offers two master’s and two bachelor’s-degree programs and four certificate programs. Most of these are in health care or education.
Tuition for the biblical-approach-to-mental-health certificate has been proposed at $405 per credit hour for in-state residents, or $4,860 for the whole program. Nonresidents would be charged $450 per credit hour. For the other two certificates, tuition has been suggested at $431 per credit hour, or $5,172 for the whole program for in-state residents. Nonresidents would be charged $479 per credit hour. —Josh Fischman
Categories: Distance-Education
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