Upfront Investment in Online Education Pays Longterm Dividends UMGC’s Miyares Tells Inside Higher Ed Panelists

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Gil Klein in Events, News and tagged Academia, Education & Teaching, Events, Featured, News.

EDITOR’S NOTE: We officially changed our name from University of Maryland University College (UMUC) to University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) on July 1, 2019. News stories posted on the Global Media Center are now using the new UMGC name. However, because the transition to the university’s new name will take several months to complete, you may still see the UMUC name, logo and look on our website and other materials through early 2020.

A recent panel hosted by Inside Higher Ed showed how far ahead University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) is in developing online programs aimed at working adults, and how much other universities are striving to catch up.Continue Reading

Doctorate in Business Administration Program Launches with Spring Term

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Mary Dempsey in News, Profiles and tagged Academia, Business & Management, Education & Teaching, Faculty, Graduate School.

Bryce Adams, a cloud analytics specialist at technology company Oracle, was partway through his doctoral studies in management at University of Maryland University College (UMUC) when his professors presented an interesting option. Would he like to switch to a Doctor in Business Administration instead?

Adams’ response was a resounding “Yes.”Continue Reading

UMUC Orkand Chair’s Book to Receive 2019 UPCEA Frandson Award for Literature

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Carole Mahoney in News, Profiles and tagged Academia, Awards, Education & Teaching, Faculty, News.

Peter Smith, Ph.D., University of Maryland University College Orkand Chair and professor of Innovative Practices in Higher Education, has been named recipient of the 2019 Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature, sponsored by the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), for his book “Free Range Learning in the Digital Age: The Emerging Revolution in College, Career, and Education.”

The award, given to the author and publisher of “an outstanding work of continuing higher education literature,” will be conferred at the UPCEA annual meeting in Seattle, March 27-29, according to the association’s announcement. In all, UPCEA honored 10 individuals and six programs with awards in 2019.Continue Reading

UMUC Honors Faculty Worldwide for Teaching Excellence

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Carole Mahoney in Events, News and tagged Academia, Awards, Education & Teaching, Faculty, Graduate School, The Undergraduate School, UMUC Asia, UMUC Europe.

University of Maryland University College (UMUC) conferred its highest faculty teaching honor, the Stanley J. Drazek Teaching Excellence Award, on eight of its most outstanding faculty members in the U.S., Europe and Asia and recognized more than a dozen others for their noteworthy contributions to the scholarship and art of teaching at UMUC’s Annual Global Faculty Awards celebration Dec. 3 through 7.Continue Reading

UMUC’s Harrison Tells WCET Webinar Attendees That Universities Must Find New Tools to Fight the “Cheating Economy”

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Gil Klein in Events, News and tagged Academia, Current Students, Education & Teaching, Events, Faculty, Featured, News, Prospective Students.

Universities are under assault by online predators who undermine academic integrity by luring students into schemes to cheat on courses, Douglas Harrison, University of Maryland University College (UMUC) associate dean of the graduate school, said in a webinar on “The Cheating Economy and Integrity,” earlier in October.Continue Reading

Attacking the Roots of Cyber(In)Security

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Bob Ludwig in Cybersecurity, Events, News, Press Releases and tagged Academia, Administration, Cybersecurity, Events, Featured.

UMUC Hosts Cyber Center for Education & Innovation—Home of the National Cryptologic Museum Fall Symposium Nov 8 to Address Challenges of Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development

ADELPHI, Md. (Oct. 26, 2018) – As cybersecurity needs continue to grow, the skills gap has become a national concern and organizations are looking to educational institutions for the next generation of talent that will keep our increasingly interconnected, wireless world safe and secure.Continue Reading

Education Executive to Discuss Study on Relevance and the Value of Higher Education

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Carole Mahoney in Events, News and tagged Academia, Administration, Education & Teaching, Events, News.

Only 26% of working U.S. adults with college experience strongly agree that their education is relevant to their work and day-to-day life, according to the May 2018 report “From College to Life: Relevance and the Value of Higher Education” released by Gallup, Inc. and Strada Education Network.Continue Reading

Watch the Interview

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Carole Mahoney in Events, News and tagged Academia, Administration, Education & Teaching, Events, Faculty.

University of Maryland University College (UMUC) presents “Thursday Thoughts,” a new series of Facebook Live interviews moderated by UMUC Chief Academic Officer Alan Drimmer, Ph.D., and featuring discussions with UMUC scholar-practitioner faculty members and noted special guests on a wide range of timely topics in higher education.

Watch the latest interview. On June 28, Barry Douglass, program chair of the systems engineering specialization under UMUC’s Master of Science in Information Technology degree program, talked about the developing systems-engineering field—a discipline that’s increasingly critical to the “success of our ever more complex technological society.”Continue Reading

Networking the Edge

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Carole Mahoney in Events, News and tagged Academia, Administration, Faculty, Graduate School, IT and Computer Science.

Barry Douglass, Ph.D., describes himself as “engineering through and through,” and says he is pleased to focus his career on systems engineering because it is a “growing field of knowledge increasingly critical to the success of our ever more complex technological society.”

This Thursday June 28, Douglass, program chair of the systems engineering specialization under the Master of Science in Information Technology degree program at University of Maryland University College (UMUC), outlines the trends that may have the greatest impact on the information technology field in the months ahead—the tools and trends that ultimately will change how we work.Continue Reading

Watch It Now: Dr. Peter Smith to Facebook Live Viewers—By Ignoring Hidden Talents “We Are Wasting America’s Treasure”

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Carole Mahoney in Events, News and tagged Academia, Faculty, News, Orkand Chair.

There is a lot of unrecognized talent walking around America, Dr. Peter Smith, told viewers during his June 14 live interview on Facebook. “From a policy perspective, that’s a huge national problem that is hurting our country,” added University of Maryland University College (UMUC) Orkand Endowed Chair and professor of innovative practices in higher education.

See Smith’s interview, moderated by UMUC Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer Alan Drimmer, on UMUC’s Facebook page.Continue Reading

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