Hello, I read a promotion about this University as new to dl in Canada. Does anyone have something solid about the programs? Thanks. Hille
I dont have any solid info. But I think this is a new university and their programs are pending approval.
Could you be talking about YORK University in Toronto? York is awaiting approval from the Province of Ontario to begin severa DL programs including an MBA and a Master of Library Science. But don't expect this to happen too soon. It can take a couple of years before York U. receives final approval.
Yorkville University’s Web site (which is not yet fully functional) can be found here. According to John McLaughlin Ed.D., Dean of Academics. Yorkeville was founded in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 2003, as “a private, non-denominational institution, specializing in both online and in-class graduate degree programs.” Currently the school, which plans to use WebCT as the course delivery system, is awaiting New Brunswick government approval to offer programs and degrees. An article by Dean McLaughlin concerning the university can be found here.
Gus and Leo This school is obviously new. I'm glad you found the article. As with most provincial red-tape, approving and accrediting the school may take a couple of years. I can't see them being open for business by Spring.
New Brunswick seems to be the only Canadian province eager to grant recognition of new private, non-church, universities. Apparently the Ontario government recently denied the Canadian School of Management degree granting powers even though it is DETC accredited.
The Canadian School of Management has been trying to establish an MBA program for the past six years. The Province of Ontario does not want this institution to have degree granting powers. This may change with the new Education Minister (although I doubt it).
Roy, This is very exciting news for me. Can you please direct me where I should go to find out more information about this? York is a great Canadian school and it's only about a 20min drive from my house. I think it would be great if they came out with an DL MBA that still involved some residency like maybe on weekends. That way I would earn my MBA from a great Canadian school well working and still get a chance to network, which I think is an important part of an MBA. However if they end up coming out with a DL MBA program they will probably be charging a sky hight tuition for it like Queens and UWO. Bo
It seems a start-up very similar to lansbridge university. http://www.lansbridge.com/ Although it seems to be a legit effort, I would not bother with any university that is not part of the aucc http://www.aucc.ca/ "Is AUCC the accreditation body for universities in Canada? A. Canada has no formal system of institutional accreditation. Membership in AUCC held in conjunction with a provincial charter may be accepted in lieu of institutional accreditation. Graduate programs and professional schools such as law, nursing, medicine and engineering have rigorous discipline-specific accreditation procedures." Since Yorkeville is not a member, it would be considered a "second" rate university.
Hi Bo, If you go to York's site www.yorku.ca and find the link for "welcome to York", this will take you to their information site and news letter. There's a small article on their DL proposal to the province of Ontario.