University of Baltimore to Provide webMBA Program To Kentucky Virtual University

FRANKFORT, KY (August 28, 2001) -

The University of Baltimore will provide its accredited webMBA program to Kentucky residents at Maryland in-state tuition rates through a new agreement with Kentucky Virtual University, the official online learning provider for the state.

An agreement signed by the two universities August 20 makes official a partnership first discussed two years ago, shortly after UB became the first university to win accreditation from AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business for a fully online MBA program. UB launched its program in January 1999.

Kentucky residents who meet admission requirements will be able to enroll in the webMBA program as early as October, although a larger group of students are expected to enroll in the January term.

UB Provost Ron Legon said discussions began for UB to offer the program when in-state universities in Kentucky were nearing capacity. It took some time to iron out details on issues including admission and registration, tuition, recruitment and marketing. Legon said UB is pleased to offer its program, taught by full-time UB faculty, to Kentucky residents.

"Under this agreement, KYVU will be able to expand its services to Kentucky residents by expanding their access to online MBA programs, and offering an MBA accredited by the most prestigious accrediting body in business education," Legon said.

Kentucky Acting CEO Daniel Rabuzzi said the UB webMBA will help the rapidly growing virtual university serve more of the state's residents. The virtual university now offers two other in-state MBA programs.

"We are very pleased to offer the University of Baltimore MBA in our lineup of programs," said Rabuzzi. He noted that the two-year-old KYVU added nearly 20 other complete programs to its offerings this fall.

UB guarantees space for 10 new qualified students each term and a maximum of 176 continuing students per term. Students in the program complete 48 credits and are not required to come to campus.

Dan Gerlowski, interim dean of UB's Merrick School, believes that such mutually beneficial cooperation is becoming more evident in an evolving, global market for Web-based learning.

"UB is frequently sought out as a potential partner because of our experience with Web education and our AACSB-International accreditation," said Gerlowski.

The Kentucky agreement is UB's second big move beyond its Baltimore campus. Earlier this month, the University forged an agreement to offer its webMBA program through GeoLearning Inc., a company that provides distance learning programs to corporations in the U.S. and abroad. More than 200 students from across the nation and as far away as Russia are currently enrolled in the webMBA program.

Also this fall, UB introduces a webBachelor's program that allows community college graduates to complete a bachelor's degree in business administration online. The University of Baltimore is an upper-division, graduate and professional university. UB - the state's career-minded university - is a member of the University System of Maryland and comprises the School of Law, the Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts and the Merrick School of Business.

The Kentucky Virtual University is the Commonwealth's official virtual campus. Serving more than 6,100 Kentuckians through the spring 2001 term, the KYVU also has students from 24 states and 10 foreign countries.

Contacts:
Sue Patrick, KYVU
(502) 573-1555
sue.patrick@kyvu.org

UB Provost Ron Legon
(410) 837-5243
rlegon@ubmail.ubalt.edu

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