New School University

Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy Distance Learning Program

New York, New York

DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM

Each semester, the Milano Graduate School offers between six and twenty classes totally or partially online in a variety of programs, concentrations, and content clusters. The courses are offered as options to provide more flexibility for students. The courses are taught by both full-time and adjunct faculty members.

DELIVERY MEDIA

Courses are offered over the New School University Online platform, which features e-mail, discussion boards, chat, whiteboard, file sharing, calendar, and an announcements feature. Instructors typically use asynchronous elements for the majority of their courses to allow a "learning anywhere, anytime" atmosphere to take place. Students and faculty members correspond by telephone, mail, fax, e-mail, and face to face.

PROGRAMS OF STUDY

While Milano does not offer an entire graduate degree online, students can complete a significant portion of the nonprofit management, health services management, or human resources management programs online.

Most online classes engage students in facilitated discussions that sometimes include industry leaders as guests and resources. Instructors offer lectures and discussion questions to which students can respond any-time within a few days. The School encourages students to respond to each other, and the dialogues in online classes are educationally and professionally enriching.

Online courses are typically shorter in length than traditional face-to-face courses, usually eight to ten academic weeks, versus the fifteen-week structure of most traditional courses. Though they are shorter, the online classes are comparable in quality to traditional courses. Typically, online courses contain no more than 15 students per instructor.

Milano siteline courses blend online and face-to-face teaching, so students can get the flexibility of the online environment, yet see fellow class members. Some siteline courses substitute online sessions for face-to-face sessions, which means fewer trips to the campus during the semester.

The School encourages innovative teaching models that provide high levels of interaction and connect theory to practice. To this end, instructors have attracted industry leaders as guest speakers or resources for extended periods of time, provided online space for students to bring topical resources to the class, and engaged students in professional group settings where they can practice their leadership and project-management skills.

Milano has provided more than forty-five classes online since 1996. While not all of these classes are offered online every semester, Milano makes available between eight and twenty classes online per semester. To learn more about these classes, applicants should look at the course descriptions on the program's Web site listed at the end of this description; current Milano students should contact their program or faculty adviser.

New School University is an innovative educational institution founded eight decades ago as a bastion of intellectual and artistic freedom. Progressive, current, and socially responsible, the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy in New York City offers high-quality graduate-level programs in a number of fields. It is ranked among the top schools in the United States for nonprofit management, social policy, and city management and urban policy. The New School pioneered the idea of lifelong university-level education for adult students, and today it is a residential university in which 7,000 students are enrolled in graduate and undergraduate degree programs. Celebrated for its social science, humanities, and public-policy initiatives, New School University has grown into one of the largest arts education resources in the nation.

Milano offers the following online courses, which are listed by cluster. Management courses are Building Organizational Capacity: Strategic Planning and Management Systems; Communications in Nonprofit Organizations; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Employee Relations: A Functional Overview; Functions of Human Resources Management; Fundamentals of Accounting in the Nonprofit Environment; Fund Raising and Development; Grantsman-ship: Research, Writing and Relationships; Human Resources Information Systems; Human Resources Strategic Planning; Management and Organizational Behavior; Managed Care Administration for the Group Practice Setting; Management Information Systems II; Management of Health Care Facilities; Management of Long Term Care; Management Compensation; Project Management; Strategic Management in Health Care; Strategic Planning in the Group Practice Environment; and Systems Analysis and Information Systems Management for the Group Practice.

Courses available in economics/finance are Economic Analysis, Financial Management of Group Practice, Financial Impact of Human Resources Major Strategies, Financial Impact of Human Resources Management Strategies, Health Care Financial Management, Health Care Reimbursement, and Physician Compensation.

Courses in history, theory, and concepts are Biostatistics, Community Development, Issues/Concepts in Gerontology, Management Communications, Theory and Practice of Nonprofit Management, and Urban Economic Development Policy.

Courses in institutions/organizations are Institutional Financial Management, Dynamics of the U.S. Health Care System, and Corporate Philanthropy and Social Responsibility.

Courses in technology are Advanced Microcomputer Applications; Computer-Based Management Information Systems; Information Technology in Health Care (Management Information Systems I); PC Applications for Human Resources Professionals; Principles of Database Management; Strategic Technology: Planning and Management for Non-profit Organizations; Technology, Strategy, and Management; and Technology Strategies for Human Resources Management.

The course in legal and regulatory issues is Legal Aspects of Health Care.

The course in cross-cultural/international issues is Multicultural Issues in Health Care.

Courses in policy are Home Care: Policy and Administration, Policy Analysis, and Policy Issues in Health Care.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

The Milano Graduate School is active in the New York region and various professional and academic communities through the Center for New York City Affairs, the Community Development Research Center, the Milano Nonprofit Management Knowledge Hub, and the Milano Review.

STUDENT SERVICES

The Milano Student Services Office provides assistance with placement services and career guidance, alumni relations, counseling and academic advisement, grade appeals, advising of international students, the newsletter, special events, diagnostic testing and support services, and tutoring.

CREDIT OPTIONS

Credits earned through distance learning are recorded on the transcript in the same manner as credits earned in on-campus courses.

FACULTY

The full-time faculty includes members who have earned the highest degree in their field. Adjunct faculty members include corporation executives, current and former government officials, and executives of non-profit enterprises. Most are currently practicing their professions and are able to bring to their teaching firsthand experience and insights that make theory come alive. A complete list of faculty members is available upon request.

ADMISSION

The admissions decision is made after a careful examination of transcripts and letters of recommendation. An interview may be required. There is no formal application deadline, but applicants who request financial aid should apply by April 15. Ph.D. candidates must apply by May 1. Students who wish to apply should contact the Office of Admissions at the address below.

TUITION AND FEES

Tuition in 2004–05 for the Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy is $914 per credit, payable at registration. A list of fees is included in the brochure describing the various programs and is available by contacting the School at the address below.

FINANCIAL AID

The Milano Graduate School participates in all federal financial aid programs. These include the Federal Work-Study Program and the Federal Perkins Loan Program. Fellowships, assistantships, merit scholarships, and need-based tuition remission are also available.

CONTACT

Office of Admissions
Robert J. Milano Graduate School
New School University
72 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10011
Telephone: 212-229-5150 877-528-3321 (toll-free)
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: http://www.newschool.edu/milano

APPLYING

Students who apply for admission must submit the following material: official transcripts of all undergraduate programs attended, with grades and proof of degree; two letters of recommendation; a completed application form; a $30 application fee; an essay describing career goals; and an interview in person or by phone.