An example of this would be the dual credit program. We intend to bring technology to those areas where technology is already successful. This is not appropriate for all students because some students need faculty contact. There will be intense competition to determine where we find prospective students in the future. We have maximized the number of entering freshmen to our campus.
Nontraditional students are most likely to use long distance learning.
The professional schools do not have these types of enrollment challenges and are able to maintain their enrollment. UMKC generates 30,000 off campus credit hours. Not many faculty have the equipment necessary to teach this way. There will be an instructional lab put into Miller Nichols Library that will be staffed and will help promote using technology in the classroom. The ITEC has discussed the organizational structure for campus technology and recommended that a chief information officer be appointed who reports directly to the Chancellor.