★ Faculty lounge — since 2006
The faculty.
Our one job
Make online class manageable for working adults and professionals — and coach them all the way to the degree.
You already work full-time. You already have a life. Since 2006, 620,000 students have kept both — from first discussion post to final defense.
Winifred Hale
The Dean · founder
Twenty years keeping working adults enrolled and sane.
Nora Castellanos
MSN, RN · nursing chair
11 yrs bedside; keeps every nursing term on schedule.
Hugh Bancroft
PhD · research & IRB chair
Six years on a university review board; first-pass specialist.
Silvia Ferreira
PhD · statistics
SPSS, R, Python — rescuer of chapter fours.
Grant Ellison
MBA, CPA · business chair
Capstones, finance and presentation surgery.
Paloma Reyes
M.Ed · writing chair
Former faculty; reads rubrics like sheet music.
Otis Blackwood
Placements chair
A living preceptor network across all 50 states.
Maren Holt
MS · exams chair
Blueprint-exact plans and usefully hard drills.
1
Credentials checked
Transcript + license verified. You coach only in the degree you hold.
2
Trial term
Three live briefs on real deadlines, graded by the chairs. Most don't make faculty.
3
Tenured & sworn
NDA-bound, retained — your coach is here next term too.