WE ARE

Academic Partnerships

Academic Partnerships helps regional public universities and small colleges launch and grow their accelerated online programs. Our mission is to increase access to high-quality, affordable, workforce-relevant online degree programs. We are built to help our university partners better serve their nontraditional students, meet employer and community needs and achieve sustainable growth.

Our mission: Expanding access to high-quality, affordable, and workforce-relevant education.

Leadership and Employees

Our Leadership & Employees

Meet the executives who guide AP in creating collaborative, student centered partnerships with the universities we serve, and learn more about our mission-driven employees.

screenshot

2020/2021 Impact Report

AP’s Impact Report provides a transparent look at how we deliver on our mission to expand access to high-quality, affordable and workforce-relevant education online.

View Report
What Our University Partners Are Saying

What Our University Partners Are Saying

I consider our collaboration with Academic Partnerships to be an unqualified success. The SIUE School of Business is committed to meeting the needs of working professionals by delivering quality, affordable, graduate business education and AP is helping us to do just that.

Timothy S. Schoenecker, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Business
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

View more testimonials »

Emporia State University has been preparing great teachers for more than 150 years. Teacher education has always been central to our mission, and Academic Partnerships is helping us continue to meet that mission in the 21st Century. Working with AP’s team, we’ve expanded the delivery of our graduate education programs through high-quality online formats. Working teachers everywhere now have access to ESU’s top-notch faculty and nationally recognized programs.

David Cordle
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Emporia State University

View more testimonials »

Partnership with AP allows you to cast your net a lot wider and [reporting] shows that we’re drawing students from 14 – 15 states; most of those states we would not have been able to reach on our own.

Somnath Bhattacharya, Ph.D.
Dean & Professor of Accounting
College of Business & Management
University of Illinois Springfield

View more testimonials »

Our Culture

Our Culture

Academic Partnerships is built on mission-driven performance through collaboration and contributions founded in individual strengths. Plus, always honoring each other’s differences—and sprinkling in humor. Meaningful challenge is embedded in our DNA as we embrace the power of education to transform lives. We are proud to live these AP culture pillars every day:

#StudentCentered, #Collaborative, #Empowering, #Caring, #Drive, and #Transformative

 

AP is a great place to work

The heart of our work flourishes from a commitment to shared values. We embody integrity and initiative, promote teamwork and produce results while nurturing kindness and diversity and inclusion. We are coworkers and friends, moving mountains within a vibrant and expanding company—come grow with us!

View Available Careers

Latest

Case Studies

Eastern Washington University

November 28, 2023

Eastern Washington University’s (EWU) relationship with Academic Partnerships (AP) began in 2018, two years before the pandemic. EWU was one of the first schools in…

Read more

News

Academic Partnerships Announces Acquisition of Wiley University Services

November 14, 2023

“Across the globe, there is growing demand for high-quality, affordable online degree programs in workforce-relevant fields,” said Fernando Bleichmar, Chief Executive Officer of AP. “Bringing…

Read more

News

Rethinking the ROI of the Degree To Focus On Investment—Not Just the Return

November 13, 2023

Jeff Selingo discusses the future of online education and the return on investment with our CEO, Fernando Bleichmar, in a Forbes article posted today. Even…

Read more

News

AP Moderates AASCU 2023 Panel on Public-Private Partnerships with Arkansas State, East Tennessee State, and William Paterson University Leaders

November 13, 2023

Understanding the value of a public-private partnership and the support such a collaboration can offer was the central topic of a panel discussion among regional…

Read more

News

Listen to the latest Future U Podcast with Fernando Bleichmar

November 12, 2023

Listen in to the latest Future U podcast, “The Future of Online Ed.” Our very own, Fernando Bleichmar joins hosts Jeff Selingo, Michael Horn and Coursera’s CEO,…

Read more

News

SIU Carbondale to launch accelerated online graduate programs supported by Academic Partnerships

November 11, 2023

CARBONDALE, Ill., Oct. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Southern Illinois University Carbondale has signed a new partnership with Academic Partnerships (AP) to launch and support 12 online master’s programs that…

Read more

Interview

3 Questions for CEO of Academic Partnerships on Learner ROI

November 10, 2023

Inside Higher Ed’s Joshua Kim discusses Learner ROI with AP’s Fernando Bleichmar Of all the online program management companies, I know the least about Academic Partnerships.…

Read more

Interview

Return on Investment (ROI) Conversation with Chancellor of Arkansas State & Academic Partnerships’ CEO, Fernando Bleichmar

November 9, 2023

Chancellor Shields and Fernando Bleichmar discuss the results of the ROI survey and the impact online programs are having in rural America and surrounding communities.

Read more

News

AP Welcomes HACU Inaugural Women’s Leadership Symposium Attendees

November 8, 2023

Academic Partnerships (AP) was honored to welcome participants at the Inaugural Women’s Leadership Symposium kicking off the 37th annual conference of the Hispanic Association of…

Read more

Case Studies

University of Illinois Springfield Case Study

November 7, 2023

The University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) is one of the three regional public universities comprising the University of Illinois system. UIS was an early adopter…

Read more

News

Academic Partnerships to Lead Panel on Private-Public Partnerships at AASCU Annual Conference in Chicago

November 6, 2023

CHICAGO, ILL. (Nov. 6, 2023) — The innovation and support that a private-public partnership can offer regional universities is the topic of a presentation to…

Read more

Interested in reading more?

Visit the features published on our Latest page to explore additional topics, insights and tools from Academic Partnerships.

View Our Latest