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Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor
Columbus Dispatch
College
credits, higher education reform part of state budget proposal
By Randy Ludlow & Maria DeVito
Friday January 30, 2015
DAYTON — Gov. John Kasich hopes to make higher education more
affordable and more accessible to more students — from high school to
adult learners — through the two-year state budget he will roll out on
Monday.
Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor went to Sinclair Community College on Friday to
announce that lawmakers will be asked to permit two-year community
colleges to award bachelor’s degrees in certain disciplines.
Businesses — such as information and engineering technology firms —
that demand job skills requiring four-year degrees could have their
needs met by community colleges if universities don’t offer the
appropriate classes for students. The students, in turn, would pay less
tuition at a two-year school.
Under another proposal, older students could receive college credit for
what they have learned outside classrooms to give them an inexpensive
head start in pursuing a degree. College presidents would be asked to
prepare a plan involving a limited number of courses.
In a bid to reduce the cost of a degree, Kasich would provide $18.5
million in “College Credit Plus” funding to permit high schools to
offer advanced classes and reward those with high enrollment in the
college-credit courses.
Kasich would give $13.5 million of that amount over two years to high
schools in economically stressed areas to help pay for teachers to take
college courses to qualify them to teach college-level courses.
Jack Hershey, president of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges,
said if lawmakers approve, two-year schools could begin offering
advanced classes toward bachelor’s degrees in 18 to 24 months...
Read the rest of the article at the Columbus Dispatch
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