Push-and-pull lean strategy evaluation for online graduate courses

This study aims to investigate if new ways of delivering higher education can contribute to economic revitalization by enhancing the economic competitiveness of the workforce.

Case study/conceptual paper.

This study establishes suggested criteria by which push and pull elements can be utilized to streamline the much needed pedagogical process for mid-career professionals taking asynchronous online graduate classes.

This study had very small sample and focused on further education of mid-career professionals.

The current economic crisis requires new approaches to efficiently improving human capital, and this study proposes one successful approach.