Departure of a key person together with the end of external funding posed a genuine threat to the continuation of the online doctoral program¶
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q2 i? In 2007–2008, a key person leaving and external funding ending decreased financial and human resources considerably, threatening the program's continuation and forcing structural redesign. → Jarkko Suhonen · Erkki Sutinen 2022
Evidence¶
Jarkko Suhonen · Erkki Sutinen 2022¶
Jarkko Suhonen · Erkki Sutinen. (2022). Critical events and pivotal factors as tools for analyzing the sustainability of online study programs. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-022-10133-9
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Narrative analysis of critical event 3 (2007–2008) in the IMPDET program. The authors report the program responded by decreasing online courses, increasing individually completed course work, and integrating the application process into the host university's general admission. No effect sizes are reported.
"The two events caused a genuine threat to the continuation of the program, since both the financial and human resources available for running the studies decreased considerably."
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Related Claims¶
- Funding cuts in 2008 ended the Roads to Success program and its evaluation in 2009 — related
- Voluntary external supervisors were critical to sustaining the program, requiring ethical and career incentives when economic resources are scarce — related
- Resource limitations from the redesigned policy are felt at the program, district, and principal candidate levels — a broader claim this one bears on
- Positive pivotal factors in one sustainability pillar can compensate for negative pivotal factors in other pillars of an online study program — related
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Departure of a key person together with the end of external funding posed a genuine threat to the continuation of the online doctoral program |
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Departure of a key person together with the end of external funding posed a genuine threat to the continuation of the online doctoral program |
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