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Online Gerontology Program Wins National Award for Innovation
MAS co-directors Lillian Glickman and Ellen Birchander show off their 2008 UCEA Outstanding Credit Program Award.
UMass Boston’s Management of Aging Services (MAS) program has been named Outstanding Credit Program for 2008 by the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA). Lillian Glickman and Ellen Birchander, the program’s co-directors, were presented with the award on March 28 at the UCEA national conference in New Orleans.
The MAS program, a track of the Master of Science in Gerontology, was selected for its innovation and creativity. In presenting the award, UCEA noted that the aging of the American population is creating a need for expanded services and for workers trained in managing those services. The MAS Program responds to this need by offering mid-career professionals in the aging field as well as those new to the field with an advanced degree that combines both information on aging issues and managerial skills. The concept of the MAS program is to train individuals to assume management positions in agencies that deliver services to elders.
The MAS program began in 2003 as a collaboration between the Gerontology Department and the Division of Corporate, Continuing and Distance Education. The Program offers both online and on-campus courses and has over 31 graduates and 176 annual enrollments.
University of Massachusetts Signs Groundbreaking Agreement with China
The University of Massachusetts today announced the signing of an agreement that places it on course to become the first foreign university approved to offer online education courses and degree programs in China.
