Westminster to Merge Adult, Nontraditional Programs
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- Westminster College says it will merge several separate adult and nontraditional student programs and administer them from one office to be called Graduate School and Adult Studies beginning Jan. 2. The college expects the reorganization to provide a more comprehensive "one-stop" shop for its graduate and adult students.
The programs merging are Continuing Education, which offers noncredit courses for professional or personal enrichment; High School Dual Enrollment; Lifelong Learning, which offers baccalaureate and teaching-certification programs; Graduate School and Graduate Admissions, which offers a master's degree in education with the option to be certified in various subjects; Post-baccalaureate teacher certification; and summer school, said Jane Wood, vice president of academic affairs and dean of the college.
The new office will fall under the administrative direction of Robert Zorn, director of the graduate school. "Many of the functions of these offices being consolidated actually overlap and/or are very similar, so it just makes sense to combine them," Zorn said in a prepared statement. "Consolidating these functions into one new office will make it more convenient for students, more cost-effective for the college by ending the duplication of services, and will serve to provide a more direct, wider array of options and benefits to students, all through one office.
"In the past, an adult student wanting to pursue post-baccalaureate work might call the graduate office or the adult studies office, not knowing where to inquire," he continued. "As of January, calls and inquiries for continuing education, post-baccalaureate, adult studies, and/or graduate school will all come to the new office of Graduate School and Adult Studies."
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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