Program on Innovation and Financial Sustainability

Fully Online Programs

A focused expansion of executive education in areas of Brown strength offers an opportunity to multiply Brown’s impact, and online education in this space will allow the University to reach learners throughout their professional careers to ensure that they have the skills to manage and lead in a rapidly evolving workforce.

Online education for adults is ubiquitous among the highest-quality institutions of higher education. Brown’s expansion into this area builds on the consolidation of online instructional support within the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning and provides a globally diverse body of learners access to a Brown education, allowing them to combine enrollment with work, family care or simply staying in their home community.

Charge

The Fully Online Programs Work Group is charged with launching two fully online master’s degree programs in areas of high capacity and high demand by the end of academic year 2022-23.

Initial Planning Efforts

The academic innovation team is working with the School of Public Health, School of Professional Studies and the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning to launch the first fully online program — a Master of Public Health degree — by the end of 2021.

Membership

Chair

  • Shankar Prasad, Deputy Provost; Vice President for Academic Innovation

Members

  • TBD