Online-BSEE (Online Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering): A Multi-University Collaboration Project in Partnership with Open SUNY

Abstract

is Director of the SUNY Center for Professional Development (CPD). The SUNY CPD provides professional development and training opportunities for faculty and staff across SUNY's 64-campus system. CPD programs and services are targeted toward campus administration and leadership, faculty and instructional support staff, and IT staff. As Director, Kim provides overall leadership for the center, including strategic planning, new program development, campus relationship management, and partnership development with training vendors. At SUNY Kim is also leading the Campus Partnerships for the implementation of Open SUNY in support of SUNY's Strategic Plan, The Power of SUNY.Prior to joining the SUNY in 2009, Kim spent 18 years at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, her last position as Director of Academic Outreach Programs with overall responsibility for Rensselaer's Distance Learning, Continuing Education, summer, and Outreach programs. Kim has also served as a reviewer for the New York State Education Department Office of Higher Education for several Institutional Capability Reviews for distance learning programs. Over the past six years she has participated in an EU-US collaboration to develop international quality standards for continuing education and is leading the Open SUNY Institutional Readiness program to implement quality standards for continuing education and distance learning organizations based on the Online Consortium Quality Scorecard. She is also a co-creator of the Bray-Scalzo Partnership Model for creating and sustaining successful partnerships in higher education. Online-BSEE (Online Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering):A Multi-University Collaboration Project Abstract: The Online Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering is a collaborative effort among three SUNY University Centers Stony Brook, Buffalo, and Binghamton. The program delivers the entire electrical engineering curriculum, including the laboratory component asynchronously at the bachelor level to students online; thus realizing the Learning Anywhere Anytime vision. Students take the basic mathematics and science courses and general education curriculum elsewhere (online or at local institutions). It is one of the first such programs nationwide in which faculty from multiple universities join forces to serve a unique online student body distinct from the traditional on-campus students. Thus far, our student body consists of mostly working professionals seeking career advancement. Some are electrical or electronic technicians seeking the degree for promotion. Some are intellectual property lawyers in different engineering disciplines seeking to expand their practice to include electrical engineering. There are yet others seeking completion of their bachelor degrees that were interrupted by various life scenarios. In this paper, we discuss the triumphs and challenges of the program and outline how our collaboration across three universities and other partnership further enables us to leverage the resources of a large public e...

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