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06-54 John
Carroll Introduces New Master’s Degree Program CLEVELAND, OH – In September of 2006, John Carroll University will launch a new Master’s program in Nonprofit Administration, according to Dr. Duane Dukes, a professor of sociology at John Carroll University and the coordinator of the new program. “We’re meeting a need that isn’t being met in the community right now,” explained Dukes, and consequently we’re experiencing an incredibily positive response coming from across the nonprofit community. We have a full class for the fall semester ‘06 and a number of perspective students interested in fall ’07. Individuals from the health care community, education, criminal justice and the arts and religion based organization are all enrolled in our new program. The program is set to begin this fall and will be offered in a way that takes into consideration the schedules of working professionals who are already making contributions to nonprofit agencies and institutions in the area. “We will be offering evening courses, on-line courses and even hybrid courses. Students will be asked to do case studies on-line with each other, for instance,” said Dukes. “We’re going to be doing a lot of interactive, but very accessible course work. We’re trying to have weekend and summer courses as well.” Dukes went on to say, “The mission of the John Carroll community is one of service to others within our community. This new program, serving the Jesuit mission to create men and women for others, is what we came here to do -- I like to say it’s a pitch right down the middle, hard and fast.” The new degree program has been created as an interdisciplinary plan of study in the social sciences that will provide practical applied training for people who are out in the community. Students will benefit from courses in the MBA program along with a number of courses created specifically for the nonprofit administration degree. Students who enter the program will be able to complete the 36-credit hours in two years, taking two courses a semester and during the summer. The Graduate
School is marketing the new degree to people in the area who are currently
working in the nonprofit sector. Knowing that cost can be prohibitive
in management “Nonprofit agencies can be administratively challenged. There’s a real need for a growing number of managers. If you’ve got someone who can attend to the business as a manager, then those who work for you as counselors, corrections officers, etc. can do their jobs well. The idea is to make the system work better so that the service delivery to clients is better,” added Dukes. The new program will prepare students who are interested in serving their community and moving into management and administrative positions. Skill and best practices taught will include leadership, team-building, ethical values and practices, financial management, and strategic planning. The Master of Arts in Nonprofit Administration will improve the student’s ability to address issues related to the increasingly pluralistic environment in which we live. At the completion of the program, students will have the critical skills needed to become effective leaders in nonprofit organizations which may range in size and complexity from small, local agencies serving a small population to those employing a multitude of people and addressing expanding needs at the regional and national level. John
Carroll University, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a liberal arts university
grounded in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition. The university has some 3,350
plus undergraduates and just over 750 graduate students. The U.S. News
& World Report’s 2006 annual college guide ranks John Carroll
University among the top 10 master’s-degree-granting universities
in the Midwest and first in graduation rank. Originally founded as St.
Ignatius College in 1886, the university was renamed in 1923 to honor
America’s first Catholic bishop, John Carroll of Maryland. John
Carroll is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities located in the United
States. ###
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