The State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor, Nancy
Zimpher, announced at the end of January the University was going to add
100,000 online students, including international students and others who live
outside of New York. The plan is to
enable students to get over 10 online bachelor’s degrees in high-demand
careers. The courses, still under
development, will be ready to launch in the fall of 2013. It is expected that by 2015, 25% of the
University students will graduate in 3 years instead of 4, which will save
costly tuition and reduce student loans.
Zimpher also stated, “the path to college begins when a
child is born”, and expressed her desire to create a SUNY Cradle to Career
Alliance to provide technical and professional support at all sites. You can read more about this vision at: SUNY Develop Degree Plan
Now you may be asking yourself why we at C4K find this so
interesting. We believe that C4K’s staff
development system can play the same kind of role for afterschool professionals
as SUNY can play for college students in New York. The difference is the amount of time that it
takes to graduate from college and be ready to work in the afterschool space. We have everything that high school
graduates, people who want to re-enter the workforce for a second career,
retirees, and others can tap into and benefit from the after school work force development
training we offer, and in a matter of weeks you can be ready to look for
employment. Check us out at C4K
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