Mississippi University for Women Bets on Online Education: COLUMBUS, Miss. – Mississippi University for Women's turnaround is about to begin, but it won't happen on campus. It will happen online.Dr. Bill Mayfield, dean of the School of Professional Studies at MUW and director of its new e-college, says plans are in motion to make MUW a major player in the burgeoning online education movement, beating state schools like Mississippi State University, University of Mississippi and University of Southern Mississippi to the well.
MUW's yet-to-be-named e-college is the product of Mayfield's business experience—he’s the former dean of the business college at the Indiana Institute of Technology—and the vision of outgoing MUW president Claudia Limbert to expand the school's reach beyond its geographic area.
