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Show Features Students Getting Head Start On College Beginning Aug. 24 Oklahoma Horizon, a weekly show produced by the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, will begin airing a story on Oklahoma students earning college credit at technology centers. The segment will feature several students such as Branton Hutchison, enrolled at Metro Technology Centers in Oklahoma City, whose goal is to be the first one to go to college in his family. Karen Lara, Lexington, who earned college credit at Mid-America Technology Center, Wayne, and is planning to earn an architectural degree at the University of Oklahoma also will be featured. Higher Education and CareerTech have partnered to offer high school and adult students the opportunity to earn college credit at technology centers through Cooperative Alliance Agreements. From fall 2007 to spring 2008, 4,456 high school and 4,746 adult student enrollments earned 78,592 hours of college credit through the Alliances. High school students who live in a technology center district are not charged tuition. Student with a 2.5 grade point average, 15 PLAN ACT score or 19 ACT score are eligible. Students pay an academic service fee of $8 per credit hour. Adult students pay the regular tuition at the technology center, which is considerably less than college tuition, and the $8 per credit hour academic service fee. “Alliances create an extremely affordable way for students to earn college credit while they complete valuable courses in their fields and prepare for further education and careers,” said Phil Berkenbile, state director of Oklahoma’s CareerTech. “We have had high school students complete associate degrees and high school requirements simultaneously.” The Horizon show airs beginning at 3 p.m.Sunday on OETA and throughout the week on several cable stations and RFD television. Show times are listed at www.okhorizon.com. For more information on the Cooperative Alliances in Oklahoma visit www.okcareertech.org/alliances or contact CareerTech at 405-743-5881. See program segment Here
Posted August 21, 2008 |