Charles Ford contributes chapter to new book

Charles W. Ford, Ph.D., professor of health sciences in the Department of Nursing/Health Services Management, Westbrook College of Health Professions, has had a chapter accepted for a forthcoming bookCultures of Education Inclusion, which is scheduled for international publication in the second half of 2014. The chapter, "The Distance Professor," is a result of a presentation he made at a conference in Paris.

The presentation was selected by an academic panel which reviewed several hundred submissions from approximately 40 countries as part of the selection process.

Ford has been engaged in distance education since the mid-nineties working with Florida Gulf Coast University initially, followed by the Master’s in Education program at UNE.  He now works with an array of Health Professional students in elective courses.   He also has been engaged with the Doctor of Physical Therapy program in an online management course since its inception.

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