BYU–Pathway Worldwide

BYU-Pathway Worldwide
Former names
 Pathway
Motto The Glory of God is Intelligence
Established Fall 2009[1]
Parent institution
 Church Educational System
Religious affiliation
 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
President Clark Gilbert
Students 38,927 (2017)[2]
PathwayConnect: 25,574
BYU-Idaho Online: 15,555
Location Triad Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
(Headquarters)[3]
Campus 462 Pathway Sites
(Winter 2018)[4]
Colors Orange and White
         
Website byupathway.lds.org

BYU–Pathway Worldwide (BYU-PW) is a higher education organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) announced on February 7, 2017. It is responsible for all online higher education within the Church Educational System (CES).

History

BYU-PW started in 2009 as PathwayConnect, a program of BYU-Idaho. PathwayConnect is a non-matriculated program that makes higher education more attainable. From its creation in 2009, PathwayConnect enrollment has risen exponentially, from 50 original students, to approximately 7,000 students in 2013, to more than 15,000 students in 2017.[5]

On February 7, 2017, the LDS Church announced the creation of BYU-PW to provide strategic oversight and leadership for the church's online higher-education initiatives, which consist of PathwayConnect and online higher education certificate and degree programs developed by BYU-Idaho. Clark Gilbert was appointed to serve as the organization's first president.[6]

Enrollment

During 2017, BYU-PW served 38,927 unduplicated students (25,574 in PathwayConnect and 15,555 in BYU-Idaho online degree programs)[7]. PathwayConnect students participated in 517 locations throughout 43 countries, and BYU-Idaho online-degree students participated in all 50 states and 60 countries.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "The Creation of Pathway". byupathway.lds.org.
  2. ↑ "Facts and Statistics 2017". byupathway.lds.org.
  3. ↑ "Triad Center to be BYU-Pathway Worldwide's New Headquarters". pathwaynewsroom.org.
  4. ↑ "Open Sites". pathwaynewsroom.org.
  5. 1 2 >"Facts & Stats". Pathway Newsroom. 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  6. ↑ "Church Announces BYU–Pathway Worldwide, a Global Higher-Education Organization: Clark G. Gilbert will lead new organization", Newsroom, LDS Church, 2017-02-07
  7. ↑ "Annual Report 2017". byupathway.lds.org.

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