CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- College Consensus
(https://www.collegeconsensus.com), a unique new college ratings
website that aggregates publisher rankings and student reviews, has
published their ranking of the Top 25 Most Innovative Online
Colleges for 2019 at
https://collegeconsensus.com/rankings/innovative-online-schools/.
Online education has been around for more than two decades, and
it has made incredible strides from its early years, when online
learning was viewed as a novelty at best, and a travesty at worst.
But the colleges and universities of the 21st century are still
pushing online education forward, with innovations in technology,
in student support, in variety, and in vision. Those are the
institutions highlighted by the College Consensus Most Innovative
ranking - the ones shaping the future face of higher education on a
daily basis.
The institutions in the running for Most Innovative were
selected after extensive research by College Consensus editors for
local and national media coverage of colleges and universities
revolutionizing online education.
Schools in the Most Innovative Online Colleges ranking have been
ranked by their College Consensus score (which combines published
academic rankings and real student reviews). The full top 25 (in
alphabetical order) are:
Arizona State University
Boston University
Brenau University
Brescia University
Campbellsville University
Central Michigan University
Champlain College
Drexel University Online
Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Kentucky University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Worldwide
Florida Institute of Technology
Northern Arizona University
Old Dominion University
Oregon State University ECampus
Robert Morris University (PA)
Rochester Institute of
Technology
Rowan University Global
University of Illinois at
Springfield
University of Massachusetts - UMass
Online
University of Minnesota -
Crookston
University of Missouri - Mizzou
Online
University of North Dakota
University of Texas - Arlington
Washington State University
"Innovation is a funny thing," College Consensus editors write;
"if an innovation really works, it becomes widespread, smoothed
out, and conventional. A good innovation stops being an innovation
once everyone adopts it." As the editors note, "Online college
degree programs were an innovation just two decades ago," but today
"experts can talk about 'traditional online delivery' without a
hint of irony." That is the burden of being an innovator, but "the
things that make the most innovative online colleges innovative
today, if they're truly useful, will one day be an accepted way of
doing things." But it's a challenge that the colleges and
universities on the Consensus Most Innovative Online Colleges
ranking are proud to take on.
For the Most Innovative ranking, College Consensus admits to
having their work cut out for them. "The best accredited online
colleges may not necessarily be the most innovative, if they play
it safe and do an exceedingly excellent job providing a totally
conventional online education," but on the other hand, "innovation
that doesn't get results isn't a real innovation." College
Consensus focuses on the innovations that make a difference in
students' education and lives. That means "establishing new online
course design best practices," or "building a spectacular virtual
support system for online students." In many cases, the most
innovative online colleges are "using the reach of distance
education to serve underrepresented students, making diversity,
social mobility, and community engagement central to education."
College Consensus celebrates the colleges and universities using
online education for good, not just for profit.
College Consensus is a new approach to college rankings. We
combine the latest results from the most respected college ranking
systems with thousands of real student review scores. Learn more
about the College Consensus rankings methodology at
https://www.collegeconsensus.com/about/.
Contact:
Carrie Sealey-Morris
Managing Editor, College Consensus
210399@email4pr.com
(512) 710-9901
http://www.collegeconsensus.com/
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