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the World University of Leadership
WORLD UNIVERSITY OF
LEADERSHIP'S DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
In BUSINESS LEADERSHIP, GOVERNMENT
LEADERSHIP, N.G.O. LEADERSHIP
and LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT
STUDIES.
The Institute of Advanced Leadership are
representing and partnering with the World
University of Leadership to provide a
revolutionary Distance Education program to African leaders. Unlike
other Institutions who treat their students like children, this
program is designed for adults who want to learn and are willing to
take responsibility for their own education. As a result, the program
is totally tailored to the individual's interests and needs, it's
highly practical, and it contains the very latest management
teachings (unlike some textbooks other organizations use, most of the
contents is less than a year or two old).
Most American universities charge students
many tens of thousands of dollars a year to study with them. We are
delighted that World University of Leadership have given a large
number of scholarships to African students enrolling through us.
Students awarded a scholarship can study
for as little as $220 a semester (for Bachelors students), or $520 a
semester (for Masters students) -
including all books.
As part of the program students receive
large quantities of CD's designed to help them and other leaders in
their country to make a large difference to the quality of life of
the population in that country. The Institute is particularly
targeting Government Leaders, Charity/NGO/Spiritual Leaders etc and
has ensured they can access the very generous scholarship program to
make it easy for them to study.
As an example of the richness of the CD
contents, just 2 of the CD's alone contain over 30 courses, 15 books,
some Audio/Visual materials, and over 10,000 articles relating to
Leadership and related areas (eg Teambuilding, Customer Service,
Training skills etc), Personal Development (including counselling
skills, relationships etc), Spirituality in Business, Setting up
NGO's (charities) and community organisations, and many other
areas.
Additional CD's given to students include a
lot of Audio Visual materials such as computer videos of many of our
live courses, computer training programs, computer applications, and
many thousands more articles, courses, books, and other resources.
The internet and email is also used to keep in touch (and in a way
that works for those who have very slow connections or only
occasional access to the internet - eg those living in remote
villages). For those who are able to travel to our offices, there are
also regular meetings every week for students to get together and
learn at our Institute.
Some underpinning elements of the
Distance-Education program are:
- Breadth and Depth -
Each student is issued with over 10 computer CD's. Yet just one
of these CD's contains over 50,000 files on over 650 topics. With
such a broad range of content, students are able to study as
widely and as deeply as they wish. Although a student only needs
to study some of these topics, the additional topics and files are
there if they wish to learn more. e.g. - Although students only
need to do 2 modules of computer studies, they are given 60
computer tutorials so that if they wish to do further study (e.g.
when they buy a new computer program or a get a job requiring
different skills) they have the materials on hand to learn the new
program(s).
You actually become a great leader (rather than just a
knowledgeable one) - We've asked thousands of people to think
about the best manager they've worked for as well as the worst,
and to tell us the difference. 95% of the answers relate to the
person's character - the type of person the manager is: - whether
they really listen to, understand, care for, and support their
employees, or not. The bad managers are said to be negative,
unable to see things from someone else's viewpoint, they have a
lot of ego, and are dis-empowering. Now if these are the elements
that make the difference between great and lousy management then
its essential that a Leadership or Management Degree helps people
to be more understanding, more caring, and to be good listeners
who are able to see things from many viewpoints - and that the
degree helps students become less egotistical, negative and
dis-empowering. World University's program have a strong focus on
these areas to ensure that graduates become the sort of people who
bring out the best in their workforce - and their country. For us,
this is the true measure of a person's success (not their ability
to answer academic questions on Corporate Law or 'Financial
Institutions and Markets' in an exam).
- The Degrees are affordable
- American universities such as New York University
charge approximately US$35,000 a year for similar degrees. In
addition, students need to allow for an absolute minimum of
$15,000 a year for living expenses in New York. Although we
believe World University's degrees are better than any other
similar programs available, they are priced at an affordable level
so that current and future leaders in developing countries can
afford it. Students who are given a scholarship can study for as
little as $220 a semester (for Bachelors students), or $520 a
semester (for Masters students) - with all the books provided.
- Flexibility - To a
great extent, World University students can choose to study
whatever they feel will be most helpful to them. Many people find
they loved reading before they started to do a degree, but because
they had no choice in what they had to read they changed from
having an attitude of wanting to learn, to grow, to discover; and
instead ended up with an approach of "let's just get this degree
over with... I'll do what I need and give the lecturers what they
want - that's all I'm focused on". We provide a vast electronic
library of materials so that students can study the most
interesting, relevant and useful materials for whatever career or
interests they have.
- Application to the real
world - A little while ago, one of the directors of
World University of Leadership was a guest lecturer at a well
respected university. He had a look through the notes of a
student and saw they'd recently finished studying Maslow's
Hierarchy of Needs. They knew all the right names and levels but
when he asked who knew what level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
they operated from, no one knew. The next day this director asked
another group about how they could add value - to make their
service more valuable to their customers. Again no one could
answer. They had studied the subject intellectually but hadn't
applied it to the real world - or to themselves. When he asked the
same question to students studying with the Institute of Advanced
Leadership (who hadn't been studying the topic) they all had
numerous suggestions of what they could do. We believe the
difference is that all of our programs are designed to make people
great managers, entrepreneurs, and leaders: - people with the
skills, attitudes and approaches that will really make a
difference. This is what's important - not just filling someone up
with more intellectual knowledge.
In fact, the most important test for
us, is not whether students pass an exam. The most important test
is whether students are successful in the field they work in. And
this is what World University of Leadership measure their success
by. As many of their students hold jobs as CEO's of successful
businesses and N.G.O.'s, as Government Ministers, Assistants to
Presidents, senior officials in Universities etc., and many have
received substantial promotions or found their businesses and
organizations have thrived due to what they've learnt, we believe
they should be happy with their results.
- A marking system that encourages
learning - It is important to ensure that everyone who
has a degree from World University of Leadership has done the
required work, and have learnt what they need to learn. However,
in aiming to ensure this is the case, many universities create in
their students a focus on passing exams, and writing essays that
give the marker what they want; - rather than focusing on
learning, questioning, growing, and becoming the type of manager
who brings out the best in others. For part-time students, often
the grading process results in so much work - (assignments,
essays, late night cramming etc.) that the person's work suffers
(when the degree should be enhancing their work). With World
University's degrees, we ensure people have learnt well, but we
make the grading system a secondary component of the program
instead of the main focus. - e.g. As students study each area they
can write a short summary of what they learnt, and what thoughts
it stimulated in them. Alternatively they can share how they
actually put the teachings into practice.
- World University of Leadership's
degrees are provided by distance education using
computers and computer C.D.'s. This allows students to study from
anywhere in the world, while learning from amongst the best
experts in the world. (e.g. You learn from ex-presidents and top
government officials, from the CEO's of many of the world's
largest companies, from many of the best-selling authors and from
dozens of the top management gurus in the world, and from the
leaders of UN agencies, other universities and major NGO's.)
Students can stay in contact through internet-based discussion
groups & can chat with faculty and other students - yet all
materials are available whether you are connected or not.
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