Kelley Direct: 10+ Years of High-Quality Online Education
With over a decade of experience teaching online, you can rest assured that that faculty and staff will understand your needs as a student.
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Kelley Direct was launched in 1999 under the guidance of original faculty program chair, Richard Magjuka. The program was launched at the request of the Kelley Executive Partners, who wanted to create a way for their managers to obtain an MBA from the Kelley School, while offering the flexibility they needed to maintain current job responsibilities.
A second impetus for the program came from students and faculty in the Evening MBA Program who expressed an interest in pursuing their education online. At the time, work and travel demands made it difficult for students to attend courses twice weekly. Kelley Direct started developing online elective options to meet this need.
The pilot program enrolled 15 students, including managers from BAA, Federal Express, Rolls Royce-Allison, Kimball International and Cinergy (now Duke Energy). In fall 2000, Kelley Direct opened the MBA program to any working professional meeting the Kelley admissions standards. Kelley Direct expanded its offering beyond the MBA degree in 2001 with MS degrees in Finance and Strategic Management. In 2002 Kelley Direct began offering an MS in Global Supply Chain Management.
The faculty at the Kelley School has used their more than 10 years of teaching experience in an online environment to continuously update their teaching methods. In addition, the Kelley School has a staff of course consultants who use this knowledge and combine it with the best technology available for learning to ensure that KD students have an interactive and impactful learning experience. Perhaps that’s why over 90 percent of Kelley Direct students would recommend the program to a colleague.
With over 1,500 working professionals from all over the world enrolled in Kelley Direct today, students in Kelley Direct have the opportunity to learn not only from the elite Kelley faculty, but from their peers as well. The program provides successful working professionals a flexible opportunity to pursue their dreams without diverting from their career paths or sacrificing precious hours commuting to and from class.
