Students who begin the program this February will finish in September of 1999. This just makes it more convenient for the students by bringing the two institutions closer together geographically. It is an accommodating, innovative concept. We are pleased to participate. The Advance Program is an accelerated degree completion program which allows students with two years of college credit to finish their bachelor's degree by taking classes one night per week.
Students progress through their studies as a group, taking courses in an established sequence.
Classes are open to adults 23 years of age or older who have at least two years of relevant work experience. JBU also offers the Advance Program at NTI, the Jones Center for Families, on its Siloam Springs campus, and at locations in Fort Smith, Little Rock, and Jacksonville. Cooperative efforts between the higher education institutions in northwest Arkansas are a growing phenomenon, due largely to the Northwest Arkansas Alliance for Higher Education. Such an affiliation of a public research university, a community college, a technical institution and a comprehensive private university is unique in the state of Arkansas.