Stevens delivers telecommunications graduate program via distance learning to Bell Atlantic sites in four states
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Stevens Institute of Technology has launched a graduate program in telecommunications management that is being delivered via interactive video to Bell Atlantic sites in four states. This latest partnership in distance learning will provide employees in Bell Atlantic’s engineering division the opportunity to earn advanced degrees and increase their knowledge of developments in telecommunications and systems management without leaving their workplaces.
The relationship with Bell Atlantic adds to an increasing slate of corporate partnerships developed by Stevens in the last 20 years.
Such partnerships help ensure that Stevens’ programs meet the real-world needs of industry professionals, according to Dr. Joseph Moeller, vice president for The Graduate School and Research Services. Stevens’ increasing corporate-based education programs account for approximately 50 percent of the university’s total graduate enrollment today.
"We are very pleased that Bell Atlantic, with which Stevens has had a strong relationship over many years, has chosen us to assist with this part of its ongoing employee development initiatives," said Moeller. "Stevens has a proven track record of offering quality education that is on the forefront of telecommunications industry research."
Stevens’ partnership with Bell Atlantic represents a significant expansion of the graduate school’s distance-learning efforts, he added. The new Bell Atlantic group is one of Stevens’ largest groups of distance-learning students from any one company, and the university expects graduate program offerings to grow significantly to include more Bell Atlantic employees in the future.
The master’s degree program in telecommunications management will be available after-hours for eligible Bell Atlantic management employees in the Chief Engineers’ organization at their workplaces in Baltimore, Md.; Newark, N.J.; New York City; and Marlboro, Mass. Eligible employees also may opt to take courses toward a graduate certificate in telecommunications management through Stevens. Faculty rotate their teaching sessions among the four video classrooms at the Bell Atlantic sites during the program.
Stevens and Bell Atlantic officials will celebrate their latest partnership with a special ceremony in early February. To make the celebration distinctive, students at the four distance learning sites will share in it via interactive video. Classes will commence following the event.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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