They are to have limited faculty involvement and should not be courses which are in the regular class schedule. Self-support directed studies courses may be taken and the instructors could be compensated There are areas which have been designated as economic development areas at our institution.
Emphasis is on biology, health services administration, and entrepreneurial studies.
Under the current funding, this will impact upon the funds received by the institution. In the curriculum area changes are being fast-tracked and mostly handled on a local level. Philosophy is in place, procedure not complete as yet. Transfer of credits from technical schools in the state is in place. The BOR office did a list of schools and what would transfer.