PUBLIC PURPOSE MAGAZINE | WINTER 2015

Project Degree Completion: University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

Written by Michael D. Bilden, M.A.

In 2010 the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and the College of Business & Economics embarked on a bold initiative to offer a degree completion program specifically designed for adult, non-traditional learners through an off-site classroom location within the St. Croix Valley of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.  What developed was a program that helped over 200 people earn their bachelor's degree in business administration while taking advantage of the unique single-advisor model designed by the author, Michael Bilden, M.A.