Miami branches to sign deal with Cincinnati State
Agreement would bolster access to bachelor's degree programs.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
An agreement between Miami University and Cincinnati State will combine state-of-the-art labs with more access to bachelor's degree programs.
Miami University Middletown Dean Kelly Cowan and Miami University Hamilton Dean Daniel Hall will meet at 2 p.m. Monday, May 19, with representatives from Cincinnati State Technical and Community College to sign an articulation agreement. The partnership will enable Miami students to take lab and technical training courses at Cincinnati State, while Cincinnati State students can transfer credits to pursue bachelor's programs at Miami.
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Daniel Hall, dean of Miami University Hamilton, said this is the first of many agreements to come as part of Miami's initiative to increase access for local residents to associate's and baccalaureate programs.
"We hope to create pathways where students finish associates degrees at their sites, or here, and then move on to finish up with bachelor's degrees at Miami," Hall said.
Cincinnati State's Health Information Management program will be the first to benefit from the agreement. Officials said those students will be able to take the technical components of the course work at Cincinnati State while taking general education courses at Miami University Middletown.
Hall said the agreement calls for administrative and philosophical changes for Miami's two branch campuses, which he said have traditionally operated independently of each other.
Partnerships like this are what's envisioned in the master plan for Ohio's public colleges and universities.
In March, Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut unveiled the plan, supported by Gov. Ted Strickland, that seeks to put 230,000 more Ohioans in collage during the next 10 years to boost the state's work force.
