Chris Harle
Professor Chris Harle is a professor in the Master of Health Administration (MHA) and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management. The MHA is a professional program that primes students for management and leadership roles across the healthcare workforce. In fall 2024 The MHA is being offered online in eight-week semesters, to provide flexible, accessible access to students with careers and families. The online format erases barriers to experts and knowledge, and accommodates curated knowledge from the internet, enabling experiences not otherwise possible in a physical classroom. The student-centered design focuses on content students need most.
Markus Pomper
Markus Pomper, Dean of the IU East School of Natural Science and Mathematics, sees learning as a social undertaking. The IU Online Mathematics program strives to create a community of engagement among faculty and students, with discussions, math club, colloquium, honors, outside speakers, peer support, faculty-student research, and collaboration and mentoring that extends beyond classroom walls. The online format accommodates activities difficult or impossible in person, like collaboratively developing mathematical proofs, and engaging with a worldwide community of classmates, whose backgrounds and professions immeasurably enrich discussion.