The Iowa Board of Regents will resolve on whether or not to shut the Tippie School of Enterprise Cedar Rapids (TCOB) at its Feb. 28 assembly, by request from College of Iowa.
TCOB, situated at 221 2nd Ave SE, presents a Grasp of Science in Enterprise
Analytics (MSBA) and Skilled Grasp of Enterprise Administration (MBA). College officers say the rise in college students choosing on-line programs have made the constructing house out of date, citing price financial savings as the first purpose for discontinuing the lease with town of Cedar Rapids. The quantity of estimated financial savings was not disclosed.
“Providing each in-person and on-line (lessons) has grow to be an inefficient use of sources,” the request proposal acknowledged.
The skilled MBA spans 45 semester hours, providing college students a groundwork for advancing in skilled administration with flexibility. The MSBA covers 30 semester hours, making ready college students to fulfill the rising demand of dealing with and analyzing the increasing information essential for enterprise choices.
The web programs provide extra flexibility for the scholars, lots of whom are working professionals with inflexible schedules. The MSBA and MBA programs can be unaffected, and there’s no foreseeable influence on the Iowa workforce, the proposal acknowledged.
At subsequent week’s assembly, the Board of Regents will even talk about shuttering Scott Group School and Birchwood Studying Middle as nicely.
The College cited nearly equivalent issues with Birchwood Studying Middle, situated at 4620 E 53rd St. in Davenport, however barely completely different causes for closing Scott Group School, situated at 500 Belmont Rd. outdoors of Bettendorf.
Scott Group School was opened as a part of the College of Iowa’s Grasp of Social Work (MSW) program nearly 50 years in the past. On the time, UI was the one school in Iowa providing an MSW program. Enrollment declined with the shuttering of Marycrest College’s Social Work BA program, which generally fed into UI’s MSW program, and the launch of St. Ambrose’s MSW program, “leading to higher competitors for college kids and practicum areas,” in keeping with the proposal.
On the Feb. 28 assembly, the Board of Regents will even elect a brand new board president, changing earlier board president Michael Richards.