TIW is located in northern California, placing its students near Silicon Valley, a hub for technological innovation. As online degrees become more accessible, TIW recognizes the need to begin offering this option to its current student population as well as targeting a new audience: experienced workers. Additionally, TIW understands it must offer more flexibility in class scheduling, such as evening classes, in order to better accommodate this demographic of student.
As these issues become a rising priority for the university, TIW faces several challenges that stand in the way of a successful change in direction, including the merger of six smaller, sister institutions around the region to complete TIW’s vision of “one institution, infinite possibilities.”
In preparation for this merger, it has been noted that TIW’s organizational structure is more bureaucratic than the other sister institutions – given its size – and there has been concern and gossip amongst sister institution staff that there might not be enough room to accommodate all faculty and administrators in the post-merger organization.