Proposed GHC Merger
Sean Jepson
Issue date: 2/17/09 Section: News
Davis said the questions and concerns being raised at this point are still "quite premature."
"If a merger were to occur, the biggest changes would probably occur at the administrative level. Students should still be able to transfer credits," said Dr. Randy Pierce, president of Georgia Highlands College.
Pierce understands the benefits of the Unveristy System of Georgia access institutions. "If it were not for a two-year college I wouldn't have been able to obtain an education," he said.
GHC has an ongoing relationship with local technical colleges, offering numerous cooperative programs while remaining in the University System and maintaining separate missions.
However, a Kentucky newspaper reported last March that after more than a decade since that state's technical colleges and community colleges merged fewer students were transferring.
According to the news report, reasons for the decline in transfer students included university requirements that make it difficult to transfer credits and universities' reluctant to recruit students from Kentucky's Community and Technical College System.
Discussions are still preliminary, and it remains uncertain if the proposed change will occur.
"If a merger were to occur, the biggest changes would probably occur at the administrative level. Students should still be able to transfer credits," said Dr. Randy Pierce, president of Georgia Highlands College.
Pierce understands the benefits of the Unveristy System of Georgia access institutions. "If it were not for a two-year college I wouldn't have been able to obtain an education," he said.
GHC has an ongoing relationship with local technical colleges, offering numerous cooperative programs while remaining in the University System and maintaining separate missions.
However, a Kentucky newspaper reported last March that after more than a decade since that state's technical colleges and community colleges merged fewer students were transferring.
According to the news report, reasons for the decline in transfer students included university requirements that make it difficult to transfer credits and universities' reluctant to recruit students from Kentucky's Community and Technical College System.
Discussions are still preliminary, and it remains uncertain if the proposed change will occur.
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Rick Diguette
posted 2/17/09 @ 8:13 PM EST
Excellent article. It was so well written I forgot I was reading a student newspaper.
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Natalie Clackum-Barker
posted 3/05/09 @ 10:08 PM EST
This is no time to consider changing something that works. The plain truth of the matter is, as a "non-traditional" student, there is little to no financial aid available especially for technical college, beyond HOPE. (Continued…)
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