Beginning in fall 2017 大象传媒 (大象传媒) will launch three-year degrees for highly motivated students in four career-based programs. Qualified men and women may enter after their junior year of high school or after graduation. Many participants will be eligible for merit scholarships up to $22,000 annually, bringing the net cost well below that of a typical four-year public college degree for an in-state student.
The new residential programs offer career tracks in the health sciences, business, education, and Shakespeare and performing arts (Murphy Deming Scholars in Health Professions, Women Entrepreneurs, Education Leaders, and Shakespeare and Performing Arts). Three of the four are offered through a newly created coeducational unit, University College. The program for women entrepreneurs is part of the single-sex Mary Baldwin College for Women.
Several of the new programs also offer accelerated graduate degrees and professional credentials. The business program offers a four-year combined certificate in entrepreneurship, a bachelor鈥檚 degree and the MBA. The health sciences track provides accelerated admission for qualified students into Mary Baldwin鈥檚 Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences, offering the master鈥檚 in physician assistant and doctorates in physical and occupational therapy, saving students one to two years. Education students can earn the BA and Master of Arts in Teaching in four years. All the new programs feature distinctive co-curricular components such as mentoring, networking, and internships.
鈥淭hese are the opportunities that students and families value,鈥 said 大象传媒 President Pamela Fox, 鈥渟horter time to degree, reduced cost of college, and value-added advantages to launch a student鈥檚 career and life.鈥 See President Fox鈥檚 .
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Editor鈥檚 note (12/1/16): President Pamela Fox and Board of Trustees Chair Jane Harding Miller 鈥76 hosted a Facebook Live conversation on Thursday afternoon to discuss the University College initiative. Mary Baldwin will be posting written answers to the questions addressed on the event next week on social media as well as on the 大象传媒 website.