ISU's Web-Based Programs Target Educators, Nurses, and Business Professionals
| School Overview | |
|---|---|
| Serves: | US |
| Accredited by: | HLC |
| Enrollment: | Rolling |
| Financial Aid: | Yes |
| Scholarships: | Yes |
Choose From Two Online Nursing Degrees
Indiana State University in Terra Haute, Indiana was founded in 1865 as Indiana State Normal School. In 1929 it became Indiana State Teachers College, and it wasn't until 1965 that it became the state university. ISU serves a predominantly Indianan student population with a generous mix of international students and a growing distance learning program that also pulls in students from more far-flung regions. The university boasts a student population of over 11,000, nearly 9,000 of which comprise undergrads and the other 2,000 are graduate students.
Indiana State Academics
Associates, Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral degrees are all conferred at ISU. The most popular degrees include those in nursing and education, but the university counts over 100 different degrees in majors as diverse as aerospace technology, music, and construction management. Academic colleges include: College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Health and Human Performance, College of Education, College of Technology, and College of Nursing, Health, and Human Services.
The College of Nursing was established in 1963, just before the institution earned its current state university status. Since its inception the CON has administered programs to both undergraduate and graduate nurses.
Distance Learning Attracts Professional Students
Distance learning is a university commitment. The school, like many others of its kind, realizes there is great potential to provide outreach education, as well as solicit for virtual students. ISU faculty, in conjunction with systems developers and programmers, have customized and modified traditional degree curriculums so that online students are provided the same high-quality experience as their peers in the same campus-based degree programs.
Conversion to online learning takes time, energy, and financial resources, so the university has limited course offerings to those with the greatest professional draw. Business professionals, teachers, and nurses comprise some of the more professionally hungry distance students. Degrees tailored to these professionals easily draw crowds, particularly where programs are accredited and faculty and institutions have academic reputations to uphold.
Degree Link is ISU's online environment. Degrees may be administered completely via online curriculum or they may engage students in a combination of online and traditional environments, what ISU calls "distance friendly." The nursing degrees offered include a rare LPN to BSN degree and the standard RN to BSN degree. Both programs have an online, as well as a campus-based, version. Distance nurses are never required to be present on campus and their clinicals and preceptors may be arranged locally. This offers working nurses the chance to pursue important degrees according to their personal schedules, which are often dictated by work and family.
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