MEPP Awards

MEPP has won top national and international awards for excellence in distance learning and continuing education. These honors include:

"Most Outstanding Online Teaching and Learning Program"
Sloan Consortium

In November 2004 the Sloan Consortium chose MEPP for its Most Outstanding Online Teaching and Learning Program Award. Sloan-C selected MEPP for its top award based on MEPP's exceptional performance in: student satisfaction, learning effectiveness, cost effectiveness, faculty satisfaction and access. These criteria define Sloan's "pillars of excellence" for distance education. Sloan-C is an association of more than 450 institutions and organizations of higher education engaged in online learning, sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

"Outstanding Program Award"
University Continuing Education Association

In 2003, UCEA awarded MEPP with its highest programming award, the Outstanding Program Award-Credit Category. MEPP was chosen from a field of both campus-based and distance-delivered credit programs in all disciplines from across North America. The award honors excellence in achieving education objectives and recognizes MEPP's application-oriented curriculum, team-based learning approach and use of distance delivery to bring graduate education to working professionals.

"Distance Learning Community of Practice Program of Excellence"
University Continuing Education Association

MEPP also earned UCEA's Distance Learning Community of Practice Program of Excellence Award. The award honors a distanced-delivered program that is innovative and exemplary in meeting the needs of students.

"Excellence in Distance Learning Programming"
United States Distance Learning Association

In April 2003 the USDLA chose MEPP for their Excellence in Distance Learning Programming Award in the Higher Education Category. This award recognizes the MEPP program as a model of good practice, acknowledging the contribution MEPP has made to the field of distance learning.

"National Excellence in Distance Education Award"
American Distance Education Consortium

MEPP received an honorable mention for the American Distance Education Consortium's National Excellence in Distance Education Award in 2002. ADEC selected MEPP as a runner-up for its highest award after evaluating more than 50 programs in terms of instructional design, innovative use of technology, collaboration across traditional boundaries, and learner outcomes and satisfaction.