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by: Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business
Posted:
May 12, 2021 / 11:17 AM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Business) Marian University and Ivy Tech Community College are partnering on a new low-to-no-cost dual-admissions program. The schools say the goal is to recruit and prepare more teachers with diverse backgrounds to address the state’s teacher shortage and reduce higher education expenses for students.
Through the program, students still in high school will begin earning an associate degree at Ivy Tech, before transitioning to the Fred S. Klipsch Educators College at Marian to earn a bachelor’s degree with a teacher certification. Marian says students will complete the program by pursuing a master’s degree at no cost and participate in a one-year, paid residency in an Indiana classroom.