Colleges and universities throughout the country this year began providing students new educational opportunities through additional degree programs. While many of the added programs came in the form of bachelors degrees, colleges and universities also introduced combined degree programs and announced articulation agreements. Through the articulation agreements, students who earn a bachelor at one college or university would be able to save money when moving on to a masters degree at another institution. With the combined degree programs, students earn credits toward a masters degree while working on their bachelor degree. At least one institution announced the addition of an accelerated bachelors degree program that can also save students time and money. The new degree programs include:
Ashford University: This Clinton, Iowa-based institution this fall announced new bachelors degrees in business leadership, adult development, military studies and health marketing and communication. The health marketing and communication and the adult development and military studies programs are online degree programs. Courses for four year degree in business leadership are taught online and on campus, according to the institution. Ashford University also has added two specializations to its masters degree in education. These latest additions, reading literacy and library and media, bring the number of masters degree in education specializations to 14.
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Bellevue University: This Belleview, Neb.-based institution in June announced a new bachelors degree in early childhood program management. The bachelors degree program is accelerated and provides information that it says is relevant to early child care and education. According to the Bellevue University announcement, this degree is intended for administrators, licensing agency staff members, childcare providers and those who have graduated from early childhood associate degree programs at community colleges.
Benedictine University: This Lisle, Ill.-based institution in July announced new bachelors degrees in criminal justice and graphic arts and design. The programs began with the fall 2010 semester. Where the four year degree in graphic arts and design familiarizes students with different approaches to design and teachers them how to resolve issues regarding aesthetic, technical and conceptual problems, the degree in criminal justice teaches critical thinking research, problem solving and other skills, according to a Benedictine University announcement. Students in the graphic arts and design program also gain experience and are able to network through internships.
Brandman University: This Irvine, Calif., institution in May announced that it was adding a new bachelors degree in business administration as well as a masters degree in business administration. The new degree programs are designed to prepare students for entrepreneurship, sustainability, leadership and more in a global economy, according to a Brandman University announcement. They were expected to be available at Brandman University campuses throughout California and Washington State as of the fall 2010 semester.
Brown College: This Mendota Heights, Minn.-based institution, through an agreement with Colorado Technical University, allows students who receive a bachelors degree in criminal justice from Brown College to move into a masters degree program in management with a criminal justice concentration at Colorado Technical University Online. Students who take advantage of the graduate education offering are eligible to save money through offerings such as application fee waivers that are a part of the agreement, according to an announcement from Brown College.
Capella University: This online institution since summer 2010 has added more than 11 new programs, including a combined bachelors degree in business with a healthcare management specialization and a master of health administration; a combined bachelors and masters degree in public safety. A combined bachelors in public safety and masters in public administration; a combined bachelor in psychology with a master in education; a combined bachelors degree in public administration with a masters degree in public administration option; and a master's degree in public administration and in the public safety joint program. Capella University also has added a reading and literacy specialization to its doctor of education degree. In October, Capella University announced that it had established online certificate programs in play therapy and interdisciplinary forensics, as well as a family psychology concentration option with its masters degree in psychology with a general psychology specialization.
Students have a variety of scholarship opportunities when it comes to finding money to help pay for bachelors degree programs and more at colleges and universities. The US Departments of Education and Labor, along with the non-profit College Board, and websites such as scholarships.com and fastweb.org allow students to search for scholarships. Colleges and universities also provide scholarships for students who plan to study with them.
Growing Opportunities For Advancing Degrees, Accelerated Bachelors Through Masters
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