CKG Announces Sponsorship with Sloan-C as only Coast-to-Coast Diamond Sponsor
Orlando, FL – Distance learning services provider Compass Knowledge Group has partnered with Sloan-C to be this year’s only Coast-to-Coast Diamond Sponsor. This sponsorship encompasses three conferences from the West to East Coasts, with representatives from Compass speaking or serving on expert panels at each conference.
“Compass Knowledge and Sloan-C wanted to build on our desire to help institutions develop superior online learning programs so that dedicated students can earn a degree from almost anywhere in the world.” said Fred Snow, vice president of strategic initiatives. “Our academic institutions are represented throughout the United States and now our sponsorship of the Sloan-C conferences, where many of our partners speak and participate, reflects that.”
Compass Knowledge partners with 11 academic institutions, including Northwestern University, Boston University, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Florida, to support more than 50 online degree and certificate programs. These programs count more than 35,000 annual enrollments and more than 6,500 unique students.
“Compass’ marketing, recruiting and retention services provided to our distance education students, in addition to the quality assurance they provide, has for the past decade allowed our program to reach a steady enrollment of over 600 students with a graduation rate of over 150 students a year. We have over 1400 PharmD graduates from our distance learning program.” said William Riffee, PhD, Dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Florida.
About Compass Knowledge Group
Our mission. Our passion.
Compass Knowledge Group partners with top-tier, non-profit academic institutions to help them build successful online academic programs. We provide the entire complement of online learning support systems – including program marketing, student recruitment, instructional design, retention support, online technologies, and faculty training and support, enabling our partners to concentrate on delivering high-quality academics. Our success is based on a history of predictable performance that far exceeds industry standards.
About the Sloan Consortium
The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) is an institutional and professional leadership organization dedicated to integrating online education into the mainstream of higher education, helping institutions and individual educators improve the quality, scale, and breadth of online education. Sloan-C supports the collaborative sharing of knowledge and effective practices to improve online education in learning effectiveness, access, affordability for learners and providers, and student and faculty satisfaction.
Membership in the Sloan Consortium provides knowledge, practice, community, and direction for educators. Originally funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Sloan-C is now a non-profit, member sustained organization. Join with Sloan-C to lead higher education in meeting social needs for affordable access, quality innovations, and teaching and learning excellence.