DALLAS, March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Academic
Partnerships (AP), a global provider of online services for higher
education, today announced the addition of more than 40 new
Specializations developed at the Judge Business School and
Queens' College at the University of Cambridge, the UCLA Anderson School
of Management, the University of Southern
California Marshall School of Business, Rice University and Rice University's Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of
Business. This exclusive group of providers will offer their
Specializations through a unique university-to-university
model.
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AP Specializations are a global credential for international
higher education and are designed to expand access to academic
programs from the world's best universities to large numbers of
global students. They consist of two or more Specialization
Certificates, which are derived from courses in degree programs and
are taught by distinguished scholars from provider institutions. AP
Specializations are distributed through host universities, which
are the top schools in countries around the world. Host
universities incorporate AP Specializations in their on-campus
curriculum or have their students take them concurrently with
degree programs, assuring that all enrolled students receive a
Specialization Certificate from a premier global brand.
"AP Specializations provide every university with the perfect
visiting professor – distinguished, authoritative and
inspirational," said Lord John
Eatwell, president of Queens'
College, University of
Cambridge. "Each AP Specialization is designed to complement
and enhance the university's own courses, providing support for
professors and access for students to receive certification from
leading international institutions."
AP's university-to-university distribution model represents the
first large-scale collaboration between some of the world's most
respected universities. It provides a blended learning experience
for students who take AP Specializations online and receive support
from the host institution's on-campus faculty, which translates
into strong learning outcomes and high completion rates. Students
enrolled in AP Specializations are academically qualified, having
met the high admissions standards of outstanding host
universities.
"The integrity of AP Specializations is based on the
indisputable competence and expertise of their course authors, the
reputations of the entities that grant them and the content's
alignment with the market," said Clayton
Christensen, professor at the Harvard
Business School. "AP Specializations are designed to
optimize time and minimize cost," he added.
The global distribution of AP Specializations is made possible
through a new, advanced e-commerce platform, the AP Open Network
powered by Canvas, which enables the best universities in the world
to serve an unlimited number of students with unrivaled quality.
The AP Open Network is the world's first fully integrated
enrollment, payment and course delivery system. This unique
cloud-based platform delivers content on demand on all devices and
in all major languages, and collects payments in local
currencies.
The distribution of AP Specializations and the support of host
universities are facilitated by 12 global service hubs, which
Academic Partnerships has established in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, the U.K., Spain, South
Africa, India, Indonesia, Australia, the
Philippines, Hong Kong and
China.
Additional outstanding provider universities will be announced
shortly.
About Academic Partnerships
Academic Partnerships is a
leading online service provider for higher education globally. The
company assists universities in converting their on-campus degree
programs into an online format, recruits qualified students for
those programs, and supports enrolled students through graduation.
Serving public and private not-for-profit universities in
the United States and top
international institutions, Academic Partnerships is guided by the
principle that the opportunities presented through technology-aided
learning make higher education more accessible and achievable. The
company was founded by social entrepreneur Randy Best, who has
spent nearly 20 years developing innovative learning solutions to
improve education. For more information, please visit
www.academicpartnerships.com.
Contact:
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Henderson, SPM Communications
+1-817-329-3257
tracy@spmcommunications.com
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