Online Learning Update

July 22, 2014

UMUC considering plan to become independent nonprofit with ties to university system

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:02 am

By Nayana Davis, The Baltimore Sun

The University of Maryland University College, which has been struggling with declining enrollment, is considering severing some ties with the state university system to avoid burdensome regulations and work more closely with the private sector. Under the proposal, the university would become an independent nonprofit organization that retains an affiliation with the state system. The school’s president, Javier Miyares, said during a Thursday town hall meeting in Largo that the idea came from a task force of experts organized by the university as a response to a shrinking student body. UMUC, a mainly online institution, has struggled with a competitive online education market and a smaller military. Members of the military or their families make up about half of the college’s students.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/blog/bs-md-umuc-nonprofit-20140710,0,2434068.story

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