Not Yet a Duck: An Effort to Strengthen Online Degree Programs

Tim Daugherty; Dana Paliliunas; David Zimmerman; Natalie Curry; Tanya Whipple; Leslie Echols; Paul Deal; Saylor Strength

doi:10.24926/jcotr.v31i2.5674

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2024-12-04

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Vol. 31 No. 2 (2024)

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Daugherty, T., Paliliunas, D., Zimmerman, D., Curry, N., Whipple, T., Echols, L., Deal, P., & Strength, S. (2024). Not Yet a Duck: An Effort to Strengthen Online Degree Programs. Journal of College Orientation, Transition, and Retention, 31(2). https://doi.org/10.24926/jcotr.v31i2.5674

Not Yet a Duck

An Effort to Strengthen Online Degree Programs

Tim Daugherty

Daugherty

Dana Paliliunas

David Zimmerman

Natalie Curry

Tanya Whipple

Leslie Echols

Paul Deal

Saylor Strength

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/jcotr.v31i2.5674

Keywords: Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Holistic Education, Online Degree Programs, Student Success, Retention

Abstract

Online baccalaureate programs now serve a quarter of American degree-seeking students. As those programs proliferated in the past decade, host institutions tended to “unbundle” academic affairs and student affairs (often neglecting the latter in the design and delivery of online programs). And so, while online programs opened the door for students facing barriers, the programs might not be conveying the full set of social, personal, and professional benefits of a college education. Herein, we describe our initiation of a data-driven effort to enrich online degree programs.

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