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Academic Partnerships

Academic Partnerships helps regional public universities and small colleges launch and grow their accelerated online programs. Our mission is to increase access to high-quality, affordable, workforce-relevant online degree programs. We are built to help our university partners better serve their nontraditional students, meet employer and community needs and achieve sustainable growth.

Our mission: Expanding access to high-quality, affordable, and workforce-relevant education.

Leadership and Employees

Our Leadership & Employees

Meet the executives who guide AP in creating collaborative, student centered partnerships with the universities we serve, and learn more about our mission-driven employees.

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2022/2023 Impact Report

AP’s Impact Report provides a transparent look at how we help students realize a high return on their investment by supporting regional universities’ delivery of high-quality, affordable and workforce-relevant education.

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What Our University Partners Are Saying

What Our University Partners Are Saying

I consider our collaboration with Academic Partnerships to be an unqualified success. The SIUE School of Business is committed to meeting the needs of working professionals by delivering quality, affordable, graduate business education and AP is helping us to do just that.

Timothy S. Schoenecker, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Business
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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Emporia State University has been preparing great teachers for more than 150 years. Teacher education has always been central to our mission, and Academic Partnerships is helping us continue to meet that mission in the 21st Century. Working with AP’s team, we’ve expanded the delivery of our graduate education programs through high-quality online formats. Working teachers everywhere now have access to ESU’s top-notch faculty and nationally recognized programs.

David Cordle
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Emporia State University

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Partnership with AP allows you to cast your net a lot wider and [reporting] shows that we’re drawing students from 14 – 15 states; most of those states we would not have been able to reach on our own.

Somnath Bhattacharya, Ph.D.
Dean & Professor of Accounting
College of Business & Management
University of Illinois Springfield

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Our Culture

Our Culture

Academic Partnerships is built on mission-driven performance through collaboration and contributions founded in individual strengths. Plus, always honoring each other’s differences—and sprinkling in humor. Meaningful challenge is embedded in our DNA as we embrace the power of education to transform lives. We are proud to live these AP culture pillars every day:

#StudentCentered, #Collaborative, #Empowering, #Caring, #Drive, and #Transformative

 

AP is a great place to work

The heart of our work flourishes from a commitment to shared values. We embody integrity and initiative, promote teamwork and produce results while nurturing kindness and diversity and inclusion. We are coworkers and friends, moving mountains within a vibrant and expanding company—come grow with us!

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Case Studies

Northwest Missouri State University Case Study

March 19, 2024

One of 13 public four-year universities in Missouri, Northwest Missouri State University (Northwest) considers itself “right-sized” – neither the largest nor the smallest in the…

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Insights

Chronicle of Higher Education Research Brief: Leaders of Regional Public Institutions Remain Optimistic Despite Challenges

March 8, 2024

Why do leaders of regional public universities feel positive about the future of their institutions, despite shifting student demographics, a lack of public understanding of the value…

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Interview

Chronicle of Higher Education Virtual Forum: Why Regional Public Universities Matter and How to Tell That Story

February 29, 2024

“Figure out what your institution does well and lean into that story.” Effective ways to reinforce positive messages about how regional public universities create value…

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Case Studies

Fitchburg State University Case Study

February 22, 2024

Located in North Central Massachusetts less than an hour from Boston, Fitchburg State University is well-situated next to densely populated metropolitan areas with many prospective…

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Events

William Paterson University and AP Discuss Innovations in Providing Equitable Access to Degrees at AAC&U Annual Conference

February 6, 2024

The strategic support of a public-private partnership between William Paterson University (WP) and Academic Partnerships (AP) and its innovation in meeting the needs of nontraditional…

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Case Studies

Southeastern Oklahoma State University Case Study

January 30, 2024

Expanding access to education has been one of the highest priorities of Southeastern Oklahoma State University (SE) since its inception. Founded in 1909 as Southeastern…

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Events

The Chronicle of Higher Education to Host Virtual Forum “Leading A Regional Public University Today” with University Leaders  

January 25, 2024

The challenges facing regional public universities and strategies to turn obstacles into opportunities will be the focus of a Chronicle of Higher Education (CHE) virtual…

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News

Academic Partnerships and William Paterson University to Discuss Partnership and Meeting the Diverse Needs of Nontraditional Students at AAC&U Annual Conference Jan. 17 – 19

January 17, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 17, 2024) – William Paterson University’s innovative approach to meeting the educational needs of nontraditional adult students through a public-private collaboration with…

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News

Academic Partnerships Completes Acquisition of Wiley University Services

January 2, 2024

[DALLAS, TX — January 2, 2024] – Academic Partnerships (AP), a company that assists primarily regional public universities in expanding access and impact by supporting…

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Case Studies

Arkansas State University Case Study

December 19, 2023

Arkansas State University, a public research institution, is the second largest in its state and the flagship of its system. It is also one of…

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News

Academic Partnerships Celebrates CEOs Triumph as One of the Best in Business

December 13, 2023

[DALLAS, TX, December 13th] – Academic Partnerships, a leading education technology company, is thrilled to announce that its CEO, Fernando Bleichmar, has been named one…

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