A new partnership between two West Michigan colleges will provide new opportunities for non-traditional age students to complete their associates and bachelors degrees by combining general education requirements with targeted courses in major studies.
According to excerpts from the story:
HOLLAND — Grand Valley State University, in collaboration with Grand Rapids Community College, is offering non-traditional students a convenient and flexible degree-completion program at its Meijer Campus in Holland beginning this fall.
The program was created to reach out to people who had started college but didn’t complete a four-year degree, said Simone Jonaitis, GVSU’s executive director of continuing education. GVSU officials decided the university could maximize the program offerings at its lakeshore campus by having GRCC provide some of the core required courses — English, math, history, science, humanities — that every student has to take to complete a bachelor’s degree, Jonaitis said.
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