The IOUF is a global university foundation focused on providing degrees at the MA and PhD level to mature students who are focused on social change. Programs are customized and self-directed and all work is conducted online under the supervision of experienced faculty members.

1. THREE POST-GRADUATE ISSUES A
DISTANCE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY
SHOULD ADDRESS

2. HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?
 Most of our learners haven't set foot inside a university
classroom in many years but they found their way to us at the
insistence of a little voice in the back of their heads that
urged them forward into more education.

3. HOW DO YOU CHOOSE AN
EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION?
How do our learners know which educational
institution would best meet their needs?
What questions should they have been asking?
What answers should they have heard?

4. RETURNING TO SCHOOL
 There are countless educational organizations
out there offering adult degree programs these
days and the faculty and staff
at the Intercultural Open
University Foundation know
that a return to school can be overwhelming.

5. MATURE STUDENTS
 That's especially true for mature learners who
have busy careers, family considerations and
charitable interests to tend.

6. THREE DECADES AND THREE
QUESTIONS
 As a respected provider of
distributed education at the
Master's and PhD levels, we have
three decades of experience in
mentoring mature adults to their
chosen degree and we feel any
potential purveyor of higher
education should answer three
questions well:

7. FLEXIBILITY
Is the educational experience the organization
provides flexible enough to make it possible for a
student to pursue their degree and still maintain
their work and family commitments?

8. EXPERTISE
Does the educational
institution have the
appropriate expertise
necessary for delivering a
quality education?

9. SUPPORT
Are students well supported in their efforts to
obtain their degrees?

10. OUR RESULTS?
The IOUF earns high marks from our students -
who we call "learners" - in all three of these areas.

11. ONLINE WORK
Although we have offices in the USA and in
Spain, our learners work towards and obtain a
degree without having to be present on a physical
campus.

12. TIME COMMITMENT
 All communication and course work are completed online
and learners direct their own curricula in consultation with a
thesis advisor. Working at their own pace, they complete
their distance learning program when and as their schedules
permit.

13. FACULTY AND STAFF
 IOUF faculty members are respected academics with
decades of experience in their chosen fields. Many hold
concurrent teaching positions at other universities and
some are contributing to the development of their selected
fields as active members of the workforce.
 All faculty and staff work for the IOUF on a volunteer basis.

14. ACCREDITATION
 Cooperative educational agreements signed in 2011 mean
our graduates receive accredited degrees from the
Universidad Azteca and the Universidad Central de
Nicaragua, as well as from the IOUF.

15. MENTORSHIP
 Our learners are fully supported in their distance learning
efforts and each one is assigned a faculty mentor who
oversees all aspects of their education, providing input and
assistance where necessary.

16. ARE YOU A SOCIAL CHANGE
AGENT?
 We'd appreciate the opportunity to explore the possibility of
welcoming you as a learner in our University Foundation and
we'd love to help you in your own efforts to make the world
a better place through academic achievement.

17. CONTACT US!
 If you feel you would like to investigate the possibility of
pursuing your graduate or post-graduate degree with the
IOUF, we invite you to contact us for more information:
 On our website at www.ioufoundation.org
 On our social site at
http://www.social.ioufoundation.org/index.php/blogs/7/22/io
u-foundation-at-work-in-the-wo
 On Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Intercultural-Open-
University-Foundation/256061553857