Jane Addams is a proprietary interdisciplinary higher education institute designed to partner with universities in the UK for the benefit of all stakeholders. Students are provided access to distance learning and online courses leading to highly prized international graduate degrees. They also save many thousands a year in residential expenses and travel costs for international students. Universities and their instructional staff are given access to new and ongoing income streams from the provision of courses to waiting international students. Together, Jane Addams and their UK university partners are uniquely placed to meet the substantial market needs for online delivery of higher education to targeted under-served overseas markets. The partnerships combine the low cost of unlimited Internet access for students, powerful e-learning and teaching tools, training and support, and several key initiatives to address access, ongoing institutional funding constraints, and rising tuition costs worldwide.
These initiatives include:
- innovative approaches that keep costs low and educational quality and services high;
- significant, ongoing, new income streams to UK university partners and instructional staff;
- increased access to highly prized graduate degrees for international students and their families as well as significant savings in accommodation and travel costs;
- distance and online graduate degree programs leading to desired international degrees; and
- a comprehensive program of widening access to quality international higher education degrees.
Jane Addams’ proprietary status and strategic initiatives are considerable advantages when combined in partnership with resident UK university strengths. Innovative and effective approaches to creating new and ongoing income streams for university partners and their educational staff are key strengths. Significant savings in residential accommodation and travel costs for graduate students and unparalleled ease of access to desired distance learning and online graduate degrees are others.
Existing distance learning and online curriculum from UK university partners form the initial degree offerings of the partnership. These can be supplemented going forward with curriculum converted to online delivery towards additional fully online degree programs. Jane Addams is a pioneer in providing an innovative partnership program that benefits all of the key stakeholders in higher education worldwide. These include the participating universities, participating instructional staff that can benefit from enhanced compensation, and international students who were unable to secure a place to undertake their graduate degrees at a distinguished UK university.
The summer residency component allows students to experience a final academic term in residency. This also provides an opportunity for student families to be present in person for their graduation. An initial in-person orientation session may also be offered to international students to meet with instructional staff and peers and to explore the university’s residential campus. These developments can address UK government directives to widen access to higher education and significantly decrease costs to students by eliminating expensive accommodation and travel costs. The initiatives provide substantial new income streams to both partner universities and their instructional staff. These are critically needed initiatives in a decades-long crisis in higher education funding and rising tuition fees.