UMPI new masters programs

[karehiro]

This is just rumors at this point. UMPI has not confirmed these degrees. Rumors have been going on about a bachelor's in CS since at least 2021. Currently UMPI does not offer a BS in the YourPace program. If these programs happen, that's awesome, but don't wait on them since these are rumors.

While its true that there's currently no declared timeline as of yet, it's more than a rumor at this point and should be considered confirmed. The school is already hiring faculty for YourPace programs of Computer Science, Health Administration, Science and Mathematics, as well as hiring an Executive Director for YourPace. This is through their own jobs website: https://fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oracl...0014113651

You do realize that some of these positions have been listed in the past, right? Just because they are hiring doesn't mean that the programs will be coming any time soon. Like I said the CS rumor has been around since at least 2021 and it started before the on campus program began. I've been around UMPI longer than anyone here. I've seen dozens and dozens of rumors about programs and things happening on social media since 2020. Most of it has never happened. The few things that did happen took well over a year to take place.

That's not true at all. These specific positions for YourPace have never been posted until this year within the last few months. You can confirm this yourself by using Google cached search results, archive.is, and results from job postings such as ZipRecruiter or Indeed. These job vacancies for Computer Science, Health Administration, and the Science and Mathematics weren't discussed or posted on this forum or on the UMPI YourPace Discord either until this year within the last few months. You'll find job vacancies such as this which listed wanted faculty for all the available YourPace programs but not for the proposed ones we're talking about: https://www.ziprecruiter.com/c/Universit...089c96e5cf

I've also been keeping tabs on CBE programs for years including UMPI's before this forum which is why I was the first one to find 3 different CBE programs that had never been known here before, so I'm well aware of the rumors regarding these programs, since those rumors come from the UoMaine Board of Trustees plans all the way in April 2020 and the UMPI Evaluator report in 2021, as well as emails from officials at the school about the program. In fact I already posted about speaking with Dr. Susan Chang in Jan 2022 about it on this forum 2 years ago: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...#pid363523

It's no longer just a "rumor" when this is the first time they have been actively hiring faculty for the specific programs mentioned (not faculty for the on-campus programs which were previously the case). And the fact that they state they're keeping candidates' applications on file for a year for that specific purpose. So you can say that because it has no start date as of yet that it's a "rumor", but its not at all accurate to say these job vacancies were around before this year, and that's tangible evidence for these programs being upcoming unlike previous talks about it.