September 13-14 - Nebraska State College System

2.3.-1
Academic, Personnel & Student Affairs Committee
Doug Christensen, Chair
Gary Bieganski
Tyler Thompson
September 13-14, 2007
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ACTION:
Approve Organizational Management Masters Program Follow-Up Report from
Peru State to be Submitted to the Coordinating Commission for
Postsecondary Education
Priority: Educational Excellence Throughout the System
Goal: 4. Strengthen academic programs
Strategy: l. Enhance coordinated outreach through distance delivery of classes, services, programs, and degrees
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Following approval from the Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
(CCPE), the three institutions of the Nebraska State College System began offering courses in the
Master of Science in Organizational Management (MSOM) during fall semester 2006. The MSOM
is designed to allow Wayne State and Chadron State the opportunity to offer a number of program
options, however, the CCPE granted approval for Peru State to offer only one option in
entrepreneurial and economic development. Peru was also required to submit a follow-up report to
the CCPE. The follow-up report from Peru is included for Board approval. Summary reports from
Chadron and Wayne are also submitted for Board review.
A review of the reports indicates that enrollment in the courses and admission to the program have
increased from fall semester 2006 to fall semester 2007. Chadron has students enrolled in three
options: Human Services, Sports Management, and Natural Resources. Wayne is focusing its
resources related to the MSOM on its Sports and Recreation Management option. Peru indicates
that it has reached maximum capacity in the courses offered fall 2007 for the entrepreneurial and
economic development option.
All three colleges have faculty developing and/or modifying the courses needed for the program. In
most cases, the courses have been offered previously in a face-to-face manner and faculty are now
modifying the courses to be offered in an online format. Peru had the most new courses to develop
for its option and qualified faculty are developing the courses as needed. Peru hired a faculty
member with the appropriate qualifications to serve as the primary faculty member assigned to
teach and advise in the MSOM program. The attached individual reports provide additional
information.