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Partner institutions Georgia Southern University, Savannah State University, Coastal Georgia Community College, and East Georgia College will collaborate with Armstrong Atlantic in the oversight of the grant. The grant will provide funding for the addition of three dedicated, full-time faculty and two full-time administrative positions at the Liberty Center.
"We are looking to increase flexible scheduling options such as online, evening, and weekend courses and possibly flex-terms," said C. Leary Bell, vice president of external affairs at Armstrong Atlantic. "This initiative dovetails with our mission to tailor academic programs to meet the needs of today's working professionals and local businesses." The $200,000 access grant has been awarded as part of the University System of Georgia's $1.9 million "Enhancing Access" special funding initiative, allocated by the Georgia General Assembly. The state-wide effort is aimed at bringing high-demand, four-year degree programs to two-year college campuses statewide. The primary goal is to increase the number of Georgians earning bachelor's degrees.
Board of Regent's Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic and Fiscal Affairs Daniel S. Papp, said nine different four-year USG institutions will collaborate with ten two-year colleges and three satellite centers in the statewide initiative. Non-traditional students are normally defined as being beyond the traditional college age or more than five years beyond completion of their high school education. They have chosen for several reasons not to participate in higher education or have discontinued their participation.
Increasing enrollments among African-American males also is an area of focus for the initiative. In Georgia, approximately 27.5 % of the student population in the university system is African-American, which is very reflective of the state's demographics. However, for every two African-American females enrolled in the system, there is only one African-American male.
"These trends must be reversed so that African-American males and non-traditional students are not left behind in the educational pipeline," said Papp. Non-traditional students make up more than seventy percent of the students enrolled at the Liberty Center, which currently serves approximately 340 undergraduate and fifty-five graduate students. Begun in 1998, the Liberty Center serves both military and civilian populations.
Ten academic programs including associate's, bachelor's, master's, and specialist programs are offered by a consortium of the five participating institutions. For more information about the Liberty Center, contact Gisela Grant at 912.767.0819.
$200,000 Grant to Enhance Access to the Liberty Center
Savannah, GA--Boosting access to high demand, four-year degree programs at the Liberty Center on Ft. Stewart in Hinesville is the focus of a $200,000 access grant recently awarded to Armstrong Atlantic State University by the University System of Georgia. The aim is to enhance the enrollment of non-traditional students--a key under served population in the state.Partner institutions Georgia Southern University, Savannah State University, Coastal Georgia Community College, and East Georgia College will collaborate with Armstrong Atlantic in the oversight of the grant. The grant will provide funding for the addition of three dedicated, full-time faculty and two full-time administrative positions at the Liberty Center.
"We are looking to increase flexible scheduling options such as online, evening, and weekend courses and possibly flex-terms," said C. Leary Bell, vice president of external affairs at Armstrong Atlantic. "This initiative dovetails with our mission to tailor academic programs to meet the needs of today's working professionals and local businesses." The $200,000 access grant has been awarded as part of the University System of Georgia's $1.9 million "Enhancing Access" special funding initiative, allocated by the Georgia General Assembly. The state-wide effort is aimed at bringing high-demand, four-year degree programs to two-year college campuses statewide. The primary goal is to increase the number of Georgians earning bachelor's degrees.
Board of Regent's Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic and Fiscal Affairs Daniel S. Papp, said nine different four-year USG institutions will collaborate with ten two-year colleges and three satellite centers in the statewide initiative. Non-traditional students are normally defined as being beyond the traditional college age or more than five years beyond completion of their high school education. They have chosen for several reasons not to participate in higher education or have discontinued their participation.
Increasing enrollments among African-American males also is an area of focus for the initiative. In Georgia, approximately 27.5 % of the student population in the university system is African-American, which is very reflective of the state's demographics. However, for every two African-American females enrolled in the system, there is only one African-American male.
"These trends must be reversed so that African-American males and non-traditional students are not left behind in the educational pipeline," said Papp. Non-traditional students make up more than seventy percent of the students enrolled at the Liberty Center, which currently serves approximately 340 undergraduate and fifty-five graduate students. Begun in 1998, the Liberty Center serves both military and civilian populations.
Ten academic programs including associate's, bachelor's, master's, and specialist programs are offered by a consortium of the five participating institutions. For more information about the Liberty Center, contact Gisela Grant at 912.767.0819.