Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance

Colorado State University, Iowa State University, Kansas State University, Texas Tech University Michigan State University, University of Missouri, Montana State University, University of Nebraska North Dakota State University, Oklahoma State University, South Dakota State University

About Great Plains IDEA

The Great Plains IDEA is an award-winning multi-state alliance lead by Human Sciences Colleges, founded in 1994, as a means to create a marketplace for sharing distance education courses and programs at the graduate level. Combining today’s emerging technologies with program-based alliances, it utilizes the growing field of distance education to connect students around the country and afford them the opportunity to be admitted to one member institution and study at other member institutions via Internet-based courses.

• Evolution
• Leadership Culture
• Vision, Mission and Goals
• Membership
• Board of Directors
• Acknowledgement of Funding Sources
• Continuing Higher Education Review - article describing Great Plains IDEA
• Collaboration Resource Center - information on alliance building