Extended Studies Quarterly Newsletter |
 We are Leaving "The Office" Behind!
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The Office of Extended Studies (OES) is changing its name to Extended Studies (EXST). The website domain for Extended Studies will be updated in July 2023. We will send out a notification when the switch to the new domain name has been completed. Please update any links on your website or in communications at that time. All aliases such as summer.umd.edu or winter.umd.edu will remain the same. |
Team Spotlight: Professional and Continuing Education |
The mission of the Professional and Continuing Education team is to provide comprehensive administrative support for self-support programs and non-credit courses. These programs include self-support graduate and post-baccalaureate programs, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), Executive Education, and non-credit courses offered via Open Learning. |
Leadership: Matthew Nessan, Associate Director
Self-Support Graduate & Post-Baccalaureate Programs:
Erin Olsen, Manager Jamie Fleishman, Program Assistant Executive Education, MOOCs, & Open Learning: Bill Aarhus, Assistant Director Julie Weber, Senior Coordinator Kelli Frangoulis, Program Assistant |
Matthew, Julie, Erin, Bill |
A complete staff directory and contact information are available on the EXST website. |
Program Highlights and News |
Extended Studies (EXST) currently administers professional graduate programs in 8 out of 12 colleges. In 2022, EXST-administered graduate programs enrolled approximately 1,000 students and returned nearly $9 million in tuition revenue to academic units. |
- Revenue has increased 110% over the last two years and is projected to grow an additional 18% in 2023.
- On average, academic units retain 65% of tuition revenue from self-support graduate programs, after all instructional costs and administrative fees are paid.
- Effective Fall 2023, EXST will begin administering the graduate programs in the EdTerps Learning Academy (formerly the Office of Innovation and Partnerships) in the College of Education.
- Half of the graduate programs administered by EXST are delivered 100% online.
- Have an idea for a self-support graduate program? Extended Studies recently purchased Analyst, a tool by Lightcast, to help you analyze the supply, demand, and competition for a proposed self-support program. Contact Extended Studies to request a meeting.
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POST-BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS |
Post-baccalaureate programs begin after a student has completed an undergraduate degree and are specifically designed to support the transition to a professional school, such as a medical school, as well as enhance an applicant's competitiveness for admission. |
- Post-baccalaureate programs experienced a 22% increase in course registrations in 2021; however, registration numbers returned to pre-COVID levels in 2022.
- Due to a strong US labor market, we expect post-baccalaureate program enrollment will remain flat or decrease slightly in 2023.
- Extended Studies is looking to collaborate with academic units to launch a new post-baccalaureate program that would satisfy prerequisite requirements for quantitative graduate programs in STEM fields. Contact Extended Studies if you are interested in partnering on this exciting new program.
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Extended Studies is authorized to sign Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) related to Executive Education if the sponsor (i.e., external organization) is a private entity or state or local government, and the agreement does not include any federal government funds or federal government terms and conditions. |
- Since 2020, Extended Studies has executed nearly 30 Executive Education MOUs.
- Executive Education is growing. The total revenue returned to academic units for the first two quarters of FY23 surpassed the total revenue distributed to academic units in the previous two years combined.
- Using Analyst, a tool by Lightcast, Extended Studies can help academic units identify and aggregate in-demand skills found in an organization’s job postings. With these data, academic units can design data-driven Executive Education offerings tailored to meet the specific organizational needs.
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The UMD MOOC program supports the administration and creation of Massive Open Online Courses across 8 colleges. The program’s purpose is global outreach. In 2022, the program enrolled over 300,000 learners globally.
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- The program, which offers units financial support for designing MOOCs, has served nearly 4 million learners worldwide. Program revenue has grown over 400% in the past 4 years. Approximately one-third of program revenue is used to fund grants for units to develop new MOOC programs. After expenses, the remaining revenue is distributed to the campus units that created the MOOCs.
- To date, UMD’s MOOC offerings have attracted partnerships with other institutions and corporations, including a Fortune 200 recently signing on to explore potential new MOOCs and to partner on other future UMD program offerings (beyond MOOCs).
- UMD accolades (for courses of the highest quality and for creating the most global #1-ranked new releases) have spread across the program as it grows to span colleges: 5 units across 4 UMD colleges have topped lists for the most popular and highest-quality offerings among institutions worldwide.
- With the launch of UMD’s Strategic Plan last year, the MOOC Advisory Board approved new courses to educate globally on four Grand Challenges: Environmental Sustainability (in an era of Climate Change), Cybersecurity, and to combat the twin pandemics of COVID and Racism.
- Current UMD MOOC offerings can be found on Coursera and EdX.
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Open Learning houses UMD’s non-credit course offerings and events to benefit the general public, faculty, staff, and students. Non-credit course offerings by 11 Colleges and Schools, as well as administrative units and the Offices of the President and the Provost, enrolled over 51,000 attendees last year. |
- The School of Public Health gained national recognition with their Open Learning offering, COVID19 Rapid Response Training for Barbers and Stylists: From Vaccine Hesitancy to Vaccine Confidence, when the White House adopted it as part of their Shots at the Shop initiative.
- Other familiar recent courses are President Pines’ TerrapinSTRONG initiative and Division of IT’s Defend Your Shell security awareness training.
- Since 2019, Extended Studies has overseen 700% enrollment growth in the program. 120 new courses were approved in 2022.
- Contact Extended Studies with opportunities or questions or submit a Non-Credit Course Application.
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Student and Program Services Updates |
Winter Session 2024 Winter Session enrollment opens on October 17. This 3-week session typically sees enro
llments over 5,000 with $6.8 million in tuition revenue returned to campus units in 2022. Academic units can begin scheduling sections of popular major and general education courses for Winter 2024 in early July through the start of August. Please contact winter-sched@umd.edu if you need assistance.
The vast majority of Winter Session registrants are current University of Maryland students. Over 90% of courses offered during Winter Session are offered online.
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Scheduling Instructions Scheduling instructions for Winter Session 2024 will be made available on the Extended Studies administrative website in early July for Winter Session and graduate programs. |
Extended Studies Administrative Website |
We are pleased to announce the launch of the new Extended Studies administrative website. This new website provides Extended Studies affilia
ted faculty and staff access to administrative information for all Extended Studies administered programs. A valid CAS account is required to access scheduling instructions on the administrative website. |
Kivvit Marketing Agency Access |
Extended Studies contracts with Kivvit, a full-service marketing agency, for marketing support. University of Maryland Procurement & Business Services oversees this contract. Academic units may choose to contract directly with Kivvit for marketing services under the terms and conditions of the Extended Studies contract. If you are interested in taking advantage of Kivvit’s expertise, email oescomm@umd.edu to receive instructions on how to access the existing UMD contract with Kivvit. |
Open Learning Digital Marketing Fundamentals Course |
Kivvit has developed a series of courses on digital marketing fundamentals. The courses are primarily intended for program directors but are open to anyone who would like to learn more about digital marketing basics, strategic planning, and campaign implementation. Course 1 - The Basics - is now available for free on Open Learning. |
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