BYU–Pathway Worldwide

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).

BYU-Pathway Worldwide
Former names
Pathway
MottoThe Glory of God is Intelligence
Established2009
Parent institution
Church Educational System
Religious affiliation
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
PresidentClark Gilbert
Students44,482 (2019)[1][2]
PathwayConnect: 28,059
BYU-Idaho Online: 19,355
Location
Triad Center
Salt Lake City
,
Utah
,

United States
(Headquarters)[3]
Campus529 Pathway Sites
(2018)[4]
ColorsOrange and White
         
Websitewww.byupathway.org

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] The students take courses online, but they also meet once a week in small groups to create 'scaffolding confidence.'[6]

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 consists of PathwayConnect and online higher education certificate and degree programs. As of March 2020, those programs are developed by BYU-Idaho and LDS Business College. As of 2017, PathwayConnect covers one year (three semesters), during which students take at least one academic online course and one religious education course each semester.[7] Clark Gilbert, formerly the president of BYU–Idaho, was credited with developing the program in 2009 and was appointed to serve as the organization's first president, effective May 1, 2017.[7]

In 2019, it was announced that all LDS Church returning missionaries automatically receive pre-approval for admission to BYU-PW’s PathwayConnect program.[8] Gilbert stated that the program is intended to be scalable and currently has no enrollment cap.[9]

Enrollment

During 2018, BYU-PW served 41,426 unduplicated students (26,674 in PathwayConnect and 18,089 in BYU-Idaho online degree programs).[10] PathwayConnect students participated in 529 locations throughout 81 countries, and BYU-Idaho online-degree students participated in all 50 states and 60 countries.[5]

References
  1. This data is for annual unduplicated headcount
  2. "Facts and Statistics 2019 Annual Data". byupathway.org/about-us.
  3. "Triad Center to be BYU-Pathway Worldwide's New Headquarters". pathwaynewsroom.org.
  4. "Open Sites". pathwaynewsroom.org.
  5. "Facts & Stats". Pathway Newsroom. 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  6. Walch, Tad. "A private college degree for less than $9,000: How a 10-year-old school is disrupting higher education", Deseret News, 19 August 2019. Retrieved on 17 March 2020.
  7. Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "New BYU Pathway offers online higher education to Mormons and others worldwide", The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 February 2017. Retrieved on 17 March 2020.
  8. Smith, Lisa. "RM's pre-approved for BYU-Pathway Worldwide's Pathway Connect program", Standard Journal, 7 May 2019. Retrieved on 17 March 2020.
  9. Dodson, Brayley. "Continued growth sparks BYU admissions changes, expansion of online church program", Provo Herald, 21 October 2019. Retrieved on 17 March 2020.
  10. "Annual Report 2018". byupathway.org.
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