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College is going digital The UA is launching an online campus in response to the increased popularity and demand of online courses for those who want to return to school but have other responsibilities, such as work or family BY TERRIE BRIANNA The Daily Wildcat
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Nationally, there has been a change in the demographics of people who wish to attend university, and the UA is responding to this trend by launching UA Online. UA Online would provide a web-based university experience that would allow students to enroll in online degree programs. “As our economy continues
to demand increased skills that only an advanced degree or certificate can provide, more adult learners will want to have access to the best institutions of higher learning, such as the UA,” said Vincent Del Casino Jr., vice provost for Digital Learning and Student Engagement. The UA Online campus hopes to recruit approximately 3,500 students, including 2,700 graduate and 800 undergraduate students, in its first year.
The rapid enrollment rate in UA Online reflects an increase in the popularity of online courses. Christopher Impey, a UA professor for the College of Science, currently teaches two online courses with more than 40,000 students. “[UA Online] wants to create learner communities so people feel connected with the other students and see connections between subjects they study,” Impey said.
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Del Casino emphasized that the development of the online campus is the UA’s way of expanding opportunities. “This form of education is particularly important to UAqualified students who cannot attend courses regularly in a faceto-face format,” he said. The UA’s new online educational program will be taught by both faculty and graduate students. As for tuition, starting rates are $490
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Rillito Park Racetrack was home to the seventh annual “Happy Minute” memorial race for deceased UA alumnus Pete Selin on Saturday. The seventh horse race of the day was dedicated to Selin, a UA graduate of the Race Track Industry Program. On Jan. 27, 2006, Selin passed away due to chronic leukemia. A year later, three of his former classmates set up the “Happy Minute” memorial in his honor. Richard Scheidt, Scot Waterman and Michael Costanzo wanted to honor him, according to Douglas Reed, director of the RTIP. Rillito Park has reopened this year, after a brief stint being closed. A group of local businessmen started a nonprofit to secure the track and prevent it from being demolished. The group secured a year contract with Pima County, which has just been extended, according to Mike Weiss, general manager at Rillito Park and a UA alumnus. Selin was a “second career” student, older than the rest of the freshmen attending UA. He used his degree to become a turf writer at several racetracks around the country. “He had a passion for horse racing,” Reed said. “He would bring any
AN ARABIAN foal stands pretty at the UA Agricultural Center on Wednesday. So far, there are seven Arabian foals with three more expected by the end of May.
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Grad programs top national ranks BY CHASTITY LASKEY The Daily Wildcat
UA department heads are not shocked that five graduate programs were ranked in the top 10 in the country. The U.S. News & World 2016 Report on the Best Graduate Schools ranked the UA’s graduate program for Management Information Systems third
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amongst all universities and the first out of public universities. Other nationally ranked graduate programs include the speech-language pathology program in fifth place, rehabilitation counseling in sixth, earth sciences in seventh and pharmacy in 10th. “The University of Arizona has incredible programs across the board,” said Zach Brooks,
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president of the Graduate and Professional Student Council. “We have really good professors who are dedicated, smart and know how to teach.” Brooks said he thinks high rankings like these not only shows the hard work of committed professors but will help with recruitment as well. The UA’s Speech-Language Pathology graduate program,
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housed in the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences department, was ranked fifth overall in the nation. “I’m not surprised; we’ve been in the top 10 for around 30 years,” said Pelagie Beeson, current head of the SLHS department. Beeson has worked at the UA for more than the past quarter
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