The days that nontraditional education providers had a unique nitch are (almost) gone. Major name recognized universities offering distance learning degrees, be it on campus, sandwich or 100% by Dl.
Also, global education providers entered the scene a long time ago. When my wife was looking for Masters in Social Work, for example, there was almost 0 option for doing it by Dl, maybe evening classes at selected universities. Today a major top-tier university offers MSW degree 100% online, USC is one such university.
For persons with limited funds UNISA, for example, offers undergraduate, graduate etc degree for something like 1200 BP a year. Not a prestigious but recognized degree thought in English.
So in my humble opinion, OU faces a serious "competition" and needs to come up with a model that benefits the students, graduates and attracts them to OU.
The days that nontraditional education providers had a unique nitch are (almost) gone. Major name recognized universities offering distance learning degrees, be it on campus, sandwich or 100% by Dl.
Also, global education providers entered the scene a long time ago. When my wife was looking for Masters in Social Work, for example, there was almost 0 option for doing it by Dl, maybe evening classes at selected universities. Today a major top-tier university offers MSW degree 100% online, USC is one such university.
For persons with limited funds UNISA, for example, offers undergraduate, graduate etc degree for something like 1200 BP a year. Not a prestigious but recognized degree thought in English.
So in my humble opinion, OU faces a serious "competition" and needs to come up with a model that benefits the students, graduates and attracts them to OU.
