Educational Technology

October 21, 2016

Missouri pushes initiative for students to take more classes and graduate quicker

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:30 am

By Ashley Jost, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In an attempt to address college affordability, Missouri rolled out a new initiative Wednesday morning, flanked with the Legislature’s support. The “15 to Finish” initiative encourages college students to take 15 credit hours each semester, increasing their odds of graduating on time and leaving college with less debt. “Lots of our students are holding full-time jobs, making it more difficult to have students managing a workload of 40 to 50 hours per week and classes,” Byrd said. “But we’ve done this already. We’ll just work case-by-case, look at their work schedule and class schedule. In many cases, our students find they can pick up an online class to get them those extra three credit hours.”

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/missouri-pushes-initiative-for-students-to-take-more-classes-and/article_9f08feea-f859-58c6-a623-ebf35fc6be79.html

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