Central Michigan University

Academics

Distinguishing Characteristics

School type	Public
Terms	Other
Academic calendar (as submitted by school)	2 X 8-week terms per semester
First year of program	2001-2002

Faculty & Classes

Full-time instructional faculty that teach courses accessible online	98
Part-time instructional faculty that teach courses accessible online	113
Average online teaching experience	5 years
Faculty have at least 1 year online teaching experience	91%
Faculty have at least 2 years online teaching experience	82%
Faculty have at least 3 years online teaching experience	62%
Full-time faculty with doctorate	68
Part-time faculty with doctorate	63
Full-time faculty whose highest degree is a bachelor's	1
Part-time faculty whose highest degree is a bachelor's	2
School finances online instructor training	Yes
Continuing online instruction education required	No
Full-time course development tech staff supporting faculty	10
Part-time course development tech staff supporting faculty	25
Average class size	N/A
Maximum class size	25

Programs

Online bachelor's degree programs	9
Online courses	100
Five most popular majors
Organizational Behavior Studies 1% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
All majors
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services Hospitality Administration/Management, General Organizational Behavior Studies Construction Management Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields Engineering/Industrial Management Health Professions and Related Programs Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General Psychology Psychology, General Public Administration and Social Service Professions Community Organization and Advocacy Public Administration
About the online bachelor's degree program (as submitted by school)
Knowledge, care, commitment, follow-through, community, learning, service.

Integration With Campus

Can earn degree entirely online	Yes
Possible in-person attendance requirements
Orientations No Classes No Group projects/simulations No Exams No
Same academic track as campus-based program	No

Veterans

Institution is G.I. Bill certified	Yes
Institution participates in Yellow Ribbon Program	Yes
Institution is SOC Member	Yes
Offers DANTES course(s) for credit	Yes

Delivery

Archived classes	All
Classes can be received live	None
Live online/on-campus classes after 5 p.m.	N/A
Online chatrooms	Yes
Web conferencing (webinars)	Yes
Skype or other visual software	Yes
New-student orientation	Optional
Review and sign ethics statement	Yes
Percentage of classes with lectures	All
Number of times per week students must login to a typical course	10
Number of times per month faculty evaluate student participation	10
Number of times per month faculty provide feedback to students on participation	10
Courses requiring students to work collaboratively with other students	Majority
Class participation graded	Yes
Exams	Yes
Number of settings in which in-person exams are administered	Multiple geographically dispersed settings
Anti-plagiarism screening required for essay assignments	Depends
Measures to instill academic integrity (as submitted by school)
All CMU courses are governed by the same academic integrity policies. In addition, students taking online courses are required to authenticate upon login with a unique ID and password. Online courses have Safe-Assign for matched content and Respondus Lockdown Browser for security tools available. Faculty also have access to academic integrity resources for incorporation into their online classes.

List of Student Assessments Administered

Other assessment	Yes
Description of other assessment	CMU complies with university wide Academic Assessment requirements and included indirect program measurement in biennial surveys of both current students and alumni. These, in addition to direct measures, are evaluated on an annual basis.
Other assessment results publicly available	No

Graduation & Retention

One-year retention rates
Limited time to complete degree	Yes
Target time to earn final 25% of credits	No target length
Maximum time to earn final 25% of credits	7 years
Graduation rates
School tracks graduates	Yes