September 13-14 - Nebraska State College System

Enrollments for the Master’s of Science in Organizational Management have grown from
the fall 2006 to the spring of 2007. Preliminary enrollments for fall of 2007 indicate a
continual pattern of growth.
Inter-College Nature of Degree
Chadron State College has had four students take courses from the sister institutions --
three to Peru State and one to Wayne State. The Peru State courses used, were a course
in diversity and a course in organizational management; and the Wayne State course was
a sports management course. Knowledge of the Wayne State or Peru State students
enrolled in CSC courses is difficult to track or determine. Students from another
institution enroll as non-degree seeking. Chadron State has many such students and
identifying the MSOM students from sister institutions is not part of the electronic
tracking used at our institutions. However, the home institution will be able to identify
their students taking courses from a sister institution.
Road Blocks
The Master’s of Science in Organizational Management has made a smooth transition
into the structure of the graduate programming at CSC. We have developed the proposed
new courses and these courses have been offered -- two in the spring of 2007 and the
other in the summer of 2007. The enrollments in the courses were between 18 and 23. We
have two courses that were re-designed to address the learning outcomes for the new
degree. These two courses are scheduled for the fall and spring of this coming year.
The road block that CSC has with the new degree is the identification process for the
graduate assistants and the employees from the sister institution. A decision was made to
honor the employee benefits and graduate assistantship benefits however, we have not
worked out the manner in which the home institution notifies the teaching institution of
the individuals eligible for the benefits.
Scheduling Impact and Issues
Chadron State College is not using cohort groups for this program. We have designed
courses to meet dual needs and placed the courses on a rotation so that the courses can be
accessed within a two year period. A set of core courses are offered annually. The dual
nature of the courses means that the learning outcomes are set to address at least two
graduate programs offered at CSC. For example; the HPER 637 Sports Management
course, by design, may serve the MSOM degree and the Master’s in Education degrees;
and the MGMT 620 High Performance Leadership course is designed to serve both the
MSOM and the Master’s of Business Administration degree.
Our major scheduling problem presently is a growth problem. The MSOM has increased
our graduate student numbers. We have begun using more adjuncts due to this increased
number of enrolled students.
Summary Statement
When this program was proposed several years ago, the Nebraska State College System
indicated that the program would serve a regional need for advanced education to the