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UNI proposes new degree to help community college grads advance

December 26, 2014 By O. Kay Henderson

Mike Licari

Mike Licari

University of Northern Iowa officials are asking legislators and the governor for a $1.5 million boost in state spending to finance UNI’s plan to offer a new degree for a group of community college graduates.

UNI Provost Michael Licari says the proposed bachelors of applied science degree is designed for students who earned a two-year degree in applied science from a community college and are working in the field.

“But now are at a point in their lives where they have an opportunity, perhaps, to move up the chain in their place of work or take a new opportunity, but need a four-year degree in order to do so,” he says.

Licari expects some if not mot of the students who would enroll in this degree program at U-N-I to take the courses online rather than on campus.

“They can finish their four-year degree at the University of Northern Iowa at a distance, so that they don’t have to quit their job and then get that promotion in their job or strike a new path, so this is a workforce development degree,” Licari says. “It’s very practically oriented.”

Licari expects students who would seek a bachlors of applied science to specialize in things like manufacturing technology, computing technology or computer science as well as IT management.

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Filed Under: Education, News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Legislature, Terry Branstad, University of Northern Iowa

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