Excelsior University

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Excelsior University
Excelsior-university-seal.png
Former names
Regents College
Excelsior College
MottoEver Upward
Type Private online university
Established1971;53 years ago (1971)
President David Schejbal [1]
Provost Christopher Cassirer
Academic staff
784 Part-time (Spring 2021) [2]
Students25,245 (Spring 2021) [2]
Undergraduates 22,674
Postgraduates 2,571
Location
Albany
,
New York
,
United States
CampusOnline
Colors Purple, White   
Website excelsior.edu
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Excelsior University is a private online university in Albany, New York. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and comprises three schools: the school of undergraduate studies, the school of graduate studies, and the school of nursing. It serves mostly non-traditional, adult working students through their distance education programs.

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History

Excelsior College was founded in 1971 by the New York State Board of Regents as its external degree program, known as The Regents External Degree Program (REX). The initial development of the program was funded by major grants from the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation. Known as Regents College from 1984 through 2000, it operated as a program of the Board of Regents (which also served as its board of trustees). In April 1998, the Board of Regents granted the school an absolute charter to operate as a private, nonprofit, independent institution. On January 1, 2001, Regents College, required to change its name under the terms of the separation, became Excelsior College (Excelsior means "ever upwards" in Latin; it is also the motto of the State of New York).

Excelsior College changed its name to "Excelsior University" on August 1, 2022. [3]

Academics

History (Regents College)

Excelsior, originally Regents External Degrees and later Regents College because it was directly administered by the New York State Board of Regents, was from its inception a college that had faculty, majors, academic requirements, and advisors, but no courses. It provided a framework for evaluating and assembling academic credits into a degree program. In some cases a degree was awarded almost immediately after application, if the student had already met all degree requirements. For students needing additional academic credits, Excelsior provided some through its Excelsior College Examinations. For other subjects, through human advisors and online tools Excelsior referred students to regionally-accredited colleges which provided the needed instruction, accessible from the student's location whenever possible.

This was done with sufficient rigor that Excelsior had no difficulty in obtaining accreditation. However, Excelsior students did not qualify for Federal Student Aid, which funded instruction, not the advising and evaluation Excelsior provided. Starting with its first graduate program, a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies that began in 1998, Excelsior began adding courses, delivered at a distance through various modalities, such as DVDs.

Since Excelsior was designed to consolidate credit from other universities, any transfer credit from an accredited institution is accepted, if the course falls within one of Excelsior's degree programs and the credit is within an allowed time limit. [4]

Since 1998

Excelsior is well known for its flexible, online degree programs. [5] [6] [7]

Sources of college credit that can be used towards an Excelsior degree program, and to which advisors will refer an Excelsior student, include Excelsior distance learning courses, courses from other accredited institutions, college-level subject-matter examinations (including CLEP exams, and DSST/DANTES exams), non-collegiate training (including corporate, governmental, and military training) that has been evaluated for college-level credit by the American Council on Education (ACE) and National College Credit Recommendation Service (NCCRS), and assessments of prior learning portfolios. Unlike most colleges, Excelsior sets minimal limitations on the amount of allowable transfer credit.

Excelsior is a member of the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. SOC institutions are dedicated to helping servicemembers and their families earn college degrees. Military students can take courses in their off-duty hours at or near military installations in the United States, overseas, and on navy ships. [8] Additionally, Excelsior College has repeatedly been nominated as a top military-friendly school by multiple organizations. [9] [10]

Excelsior is one of several accredited colleges operating on a model similar to Thomas Edison State University in New Jersey and Charter Oak State College in Connecticut.

Accreditation

Excelsior University is regionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Its bachelor's and master's nursing programs are accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. (ACEN). The School of Nursing has twice been designated a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education by the National League for Nursing. Its baccalaureate degree programs in electrical engineering technology, information technology, and nuclear engineering technology are accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc.The bachelor's and master's degree programs in business are accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE).

Notable alumni

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Charles W. Bowen, 10th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
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Joe R. Campa, 11th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
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Jason M. Vanderhaden, 13th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
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Daniel A. Dailey, 15th Sergeant Major of the Army
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June Jones, Head Football Coach at Southern Methodist University
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Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 2013, author

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