Teaching 50,000 Students Online: APEI CEO Wally Boston (Part 6)

SM: Can you talk about the financials? When you came on board in 2002, what was the revenue level and what was your financial strategy to move the company ahead? WB: In 2002 I believe we finished the year at $10 million in revenues. We raised $10 million through our private equity firm. In 2005

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Teaching 50,000 Students Online: APEI CEO Wally Boston (Part 5)

SM: It seems as though your learning outcomes are similar to a corporate vision. WB: We have five institutional learning outcomes: Lifelong Learning, Information Literacy, Communication, Academic Skill, and Critical Thinking. They were developed by our faculty as the key learning outcomes.

Teaching 50,000 Students Online: APEI CEO Wally Boston (Part 4)

SM: Can you synthesize what it takes to achieve regional accreditation? WB: You must have a commitment and affirmation to a mission. They look at your institution mission and they verify that you are truly committed to it.

Teaching 50,000 Students Online: APEI CEO Wally Boston (Part 3)

SM: When you came on board there were 4,400 students. What happened next? WB: We had to take a step back in the sense that we had added a lot of degrees very hastily. In assessing the quality of our programs, we realized that many of the ones we had were just placed into the

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Teaching 50,000 Students Online: APEI CEO Wally Boston (Part 2)

SM: How was accreditation handled? WB: From 1996 through 2000 the university had steady growth. Right around 2001 Jim made the decision that he wanted to achieve regional accreditation.

Teaching 50,000 Students Online: APEI CEO Wally Boston (Part 1)

Wally is the CEO and president of American Public University System and its parent company American Public Education, Inc (APEI). He is also a member of the West Virginia Governor’s Advisory Council for Technology in Education. He is a CPA, CMA and Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. He earned a BA from Duke

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The Story of Tetris: Henk Rogers (Part 7)

SM: Will the game of Tetris itself evolve? HR: I think of a game as a contest of wills between people. If you go back to the original Tetris, it is more like a solitaire game. The next phase of Tetris, which we continue to develop, allows you to play it against another player.

The Story of Tetris: Henk Rogers (Part 6)

SM: How big is Electronic Arts’ Tetris business? HR: It is probably somewhere between one-third and one half of their mobile phone game business.