Accelerated Academic Programs at Ball State University

Ball State University: Education Redefined

Today:

• BSU Programs to Improve Time to Degree

• Degree in 3

• Breakthrough Models Incubator

Ball State University: Education Redefined

Reducing Time to Graduation

• Degree Maps• Reduced Credit Creep• Reduced Price for Summer Classes• Restructured Tuition to Encourage Online Classes• Free Tutoring for All Classes• Credit by Exam for All Regular Classes• Career Counseling Starting from Orientation• $500 Completion Scholarship• Additional Fee for Excess Credits ($150/CH)• B/MD (Proposed)

Ball State University: Education Redefined

Degree in 3 Program

• 24 Programs Have “Degree in 3” Option• Students Declare Degree in 3 Intent when

Applying or at Orientation• Students are Given 3-Year Graduation Plan – six

semesters plus two or three summer sessions.• Students Get Priority Registration• They Receive Extra Advising• Cannot Withdraw from or Repeat any Course

Ball State University: Education Redefined

Ball State University: Education Redefined

Degree in 3: Eligible Majors

• Accounting• Anthropology• Bus. Admin• Communication• Criminal Justice & Criminology• Economics• Finance• History• Human Resource Mgmt• Information Systems• International Business• Marketing

• Nursing• Operations Mgmt• Philosophy• Political Science• Pre-Dentistry• Pre-Medicine• Psychology• Religious Studies• Risk Management & Insurance• Social Work• Sociology• Women’s Studies

Degree in 3 Example:Communication Studies

• 1st Year- Fall: 17 Cr, Spring: 17 Cr, Summer : 12 Cr

• 2nd Year- Fall: 15 Cr, Spring: 15 Cr, Summer : 12 Cr

• 3rd Year- Fall: 16 Cr, Spring: 16 Cr

Ball State University: Education Redefined

Degree in 3 Example:The Nursing Academy

• Partnership with Community Health Network• Intense Academic and Clinical Experiences• 24 Students per Cohort, 2 Cohorts Per Year

Ball State University: Education Redefined

Degree in 3 Status

• 80 Students Currently in the Program• Most Popular Programs: Nursing, Criminal

Justice, Pre-Med, Psychology• Since starting in 2005 15 Students Have

Completed in 3 Years (6 more this year likely)• Recent Structural Changes Will Have a Positive

Impact

Ball State University: Education Redefined

Savings

• $5,000 to $6,000 in Tuition and Fees• One Year of Additional Employment

• Extra Cost for the University – Enhanced Advising

Ball State University: Education Redefined

Degree in 3: Pros

• Some Cost Savings• Start Career Earlier• Can take Advantage of Dual Credit, AP, and

Credit by Exam

Ball State University: Education Redefined

Degree in 3: Cons

• Very Intense (No Breaks)• Little Opportunity for Enrichment Programs

Ball State University: Education Redefined

What Can the State Do to Help?

• Encourage High School Graduates to Be College Ready

• Provide Additional Support for Students in Such Programs

• Help Institutions to Be More Agile by Removing Barriers to Change

Ball State University: Education Redefined

Breakthrough Models Incubator

• Program Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

• BSU Achievements – An Interactive, Achievement-based, Mobile Application for At-Risk Students

• Incentivizes Students to Engage in Tasks that Improve Success

• Academic Support, Career Development, Co-Curricular Activities, etc.

Ball State University: Education Redefined

“Achievements App”

• 5,300 Pell Grant Recipients at Ball State• Program Uses Technology to Provide

Encouragement and Support• Uses a “Weight Watchers” Model• See Story at BSU iLearn Website

Ball State University: Education Redefined

Questions?

Ball State University: Education Redefined