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APPLIED BACHELOR’S DEGREE
GRADUATIONS Amended Substitute House Bill 49 of the 132nd General Assembly directed the chancellor of higher education to establish a program under which community colleges, state community colleges, and technical colleges may apply to offer applied bachelor’s degrees.
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a state university or private college or university; and Willingness of an industry partner to offer workplace-based learning and employment opportunities to students enrolled in the proposed program.
The chancellor may approve programs under this This year, four schools celebrated their first section that demonstrate all of the following: graduates from these approved programs. • Evidence of an agreement between Chancellor Randy Gardner participated in the the college and a regional business commencement ceremonies at Lorain County or industry to train students in an inCommunity College and Sinclair Community demand field and to employ students College and attended a special event to upon their successful completion of the commemorate graduates from Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. program; • That the workforce need of the regional business or industry is in an in-demand field with long-term sustainability based upon data provided by the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation; • Supporting data that identify the specific workforce need the program will address; • The absence of a bachelor's degree program that meets the workforce need Cincinnati State President President Monica Posey addressed by the and Chancellor Randy Gardner proposed program that is offered by
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