Academic Partnerships

The exclusive mission of Academic Partnerships (AP) is to help non-profit universities expand access to high-quality post-secondary education through the online delivery of instruction.  AP assists faculty members with the design and development of scalable, rigorous online courses and programs, recruits highly qualified students into these programs and helps retain them through graduation.

Since its inception in 2007, AP has recruited more than 120,000 students for its partner universities -- primarily public institutions. Many AP-supported degree programs currently enroll more than 1,000 active, degree-seeking fully online students and boast some of the industry’s highest retention rates. In addition, to date, AP has also helped more than 3,300 faculty members in the conversion of more than 3,500 courses into an online format across 260 undergraduate and graduate degree programs spanning healthcare, business, engineering and education.

AP's comprehensive services  include:

• Student enrollment, retention and ongoing student support
• Academic support including program planning, course design, assistance in course development, quality reviews and faculty professional development
• Competitive market and program analysis,
• Marketing and recruitment, including employer-based partnerships