The most rapidly developing trend in higher education is a transition to the online delivery of instruction by universities around the world. Academic Partnerships (AP) is a higher education service provider working exclusively with public universities in North America and outstanding institutions of higher learning around the world to address this global phenomenon. “The great enabler today in education is technology and online learning vastly expands access to our partner institutions,” says Randy Best, founder and chairman of Academic Partnerships. “We are helping universities transition to a much more inclusive and sustainable model.”
AP partners with universities to convert their traditional degree programs into an online format, recruit qualified students and support enrolled students through the completion of their degree. AP’s unique international marketing network vastly expands the reach of its partner institutions and gives them access to outstanding international talent.
In the United States, AP believes in the intent of the Morrill Act, which Abraham Lincoln signed into law 150 years ago, launching the growth of America’s public university system by establishing “at least one College in every state upon sure and perpetual foundation, accessible to all, but especially to the sons of toil.” AP wants to help ensure that rising tuition rates and a slash in government subsidies do not put in jeopardy the realization of the Morrill Act just when technology makes its full attainment possible.
Several AP partner universities have already been able to freeze tuition and give faculty raises due to the success of their online programs. This is only the beginning of the extraordinary benefits that will be derived from AP’s services to students, faculty and partner institutions. New online learning technologies make it possible to increase access and make higher education affordable while maintaining academic excellence.
AP keeps its university partners on the cutting edge of new learning technologies and the rapidly changing expectations of 21st century students. Through AP’s representatives and partner universities around the world, AP has a unique vantage point to track developments that will define institutional success in the future.