Type Public Liberal Arts President Merodie A. Hancock Acceptance rate 81.1% (2014) Graduation rate 21.9% (2014) | Established 1971 Undergraduates 18,656 Phone +1 518-587-2100 Endowment 14.5 million USD | |
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Academic staff 198 full time and 1,206 part time Location Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
(administrative offices) Address 111 West Ave, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, USA Undergraduate tuition and fees Local tuition: 6,665 USD (2015), Domestic tuition: 16,315 USD (2015) Parent organization State University of New York System Notable alumni Bob Herbert, Kenny Barron, Ginny Brown‑Waite, Deborah Gregory, Mark J F Schroeder Similar University of New York Tirana, Hudson Valley Communi, Skid College, Excelsior College, State University of New Y | ||
Overview of suny empire state college
Empire State College, one of the 13 arts and science colleges of the State University of New York, is a multi-site institution offering associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees, and distance degrees worldwide through the Center for Distance Learning. The School for Graduate Studies offers master's degrees. Empire State College's Center for International Programs also has special programs for students in Lebanon through the American University of Science and Technology, Czech Republic, and Greece. From 2005 to until 2010, Empire State College and Anadolu University in Turkey offered a joint MBA program. It also has arranged learning opportunities with UAW-Ford University, United Steelworkers of America, Corporate Noncredit Training, eArmyU, Navy College Program and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Local Union #3).
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- Overview of suny empire state college
- Empire state college in their own words
- History
- Orientation
- Notable alumni
- References
The College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Empire State College administrative offices are located in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Empire state college in their own words
History
Empire State College was designed by then SUNY Chancellor Ernest Boyer in a document titled "Prospectus for a New University College." In 1971, Ernest L. Boyer, chancellor of the State University of New York, conceived a new college for the state’s public university: a college dedicated to adult, student-centered education. Empire State College would invite people into higher education by removing impediments to access such as time, location, institutional processes, and even curricular custom, as well as habits of learning and teaching. Students individually would define their academic needs, purposes and efforts. The college would be flexible in supporting them, through its faculty, policies and procedures, to achieve demonstrable college-level learning. This is the animating idea and the root of Empire State College.
Orientation
Empire State College fulfills this mission by providing learning opportunities designed to accommodate students with family, work and community responsibilities. At the core of the learning-teaching environment is individualized study and the creation of an individual degree plan that is supported by a faculty mentor to whom each student is assigned. Empire State College students can take advantage of multiple modes of study including guided independent studies, study groups, intensive residencies, online courses and blended-learning experiences. The college also was one of the first institutions in the United States to develop a program of prior learning assessment, whereby students may earn college credit through assessment of prior learning from their work and life experiences.
The undergraduate degrees within broad areas of study offered by Empire State College are individualized to support a learner's academic, career or personal goals. The college offers flexible programs, including distance education, extensive transfers of credits from other universities, prior-learning assessment for knowledge gained through independent studies, standardized evaluations, and the opportunity to design one's own degree with an academic advisor or mentor.