Packaging Science
Industry Advisory Board Meeting
May 11, 2012
Packaging Science Graduate
Program
Deanna M. Jacobs, Graduate Program Director
Status reports
I - Conversion and curricula
II - Graduate program summaries
I - Conversion and curricula
Electives (program):
0607-721 Administration
0607- 731 Adv Pkg Economics
0607- 752 Legal Environment
0607-770 Advanced Computer Applications
0607-798 Independent Study
0607-799 Adv Pkg Design
Electives (any other program):
700+ relevant to plan of study
II - Graduate program summary
Application/accept paid activity
Grad Apps
Spg 2010
10-May
Spg 2011
11-May
Spg 2012
12-May
25
32
27
9
13
11
Apps
Accept/Paid
Demo
CH 2
IN 4
US 3
CH 4
IN 2
US 5
DR 2
CH 4
IN 6
US 0
DR 0
UAE 1
Progress status
Certifications (full time)
Certifications (XL)
2011-12 = 6
2011-12 = 4
---------------------------------------------------------------Active/inactive (full time)
Active/inactive (XL)
=
=
42
21
Total
=
63
Online in 2013 – Drivers
- Student population
Demographics - Race, Ethnicity, Country of Origin (Asia,
Pacific Islander, Hispanic) on the rise
Expectations – (access via hand-held; less synchronous
delivery; individualized learning; 24/7 services;
get education anytime, anywhere)
-Cost control – value of college education is questioned. Education
costs are growing faster than health care
-Educational technology – the internet is THE “dominant
infrastructure” for knowledge; computer mediated learning
-Accountability – measure and assessment; is a college education
worth the money? Less about outcomes, more about
ROI, competencies, gainful employment
-Globalization – the world is getting flatter
Action items:
Spring 2012
Identify a 4-5 person advisory committee
(including grad enrollment/online delivery
coordinator)
Summer 2012-Spring 2013
Identify goals/objectives
Design the “go to” online program
Spring 2013 – report to IAB
Launch – Fall 2013
Food for thought:
“Learning will become separated from the classroom. Courses will
be created organically and formed around on-demand, any-time, anyplace
delivery models….And textbooks, the ink-on-paper version that we know
today, will all but disappear.” (T. Frey, DaVinci Institute)