SIU to offer workforce development degree at John A. Logan

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale is for the first time offering people the opportunity to complete a bachelor’s degree in Workforce Education and Development at John A. Logan College in Carterville. Nicole Mathis of Carterville, (seated), talks about the program, the curriculum and the advantage of being able to take classes at JALC with Deborah Barnett, director of off-campus degree programs for SIU’s Department of Workforce Education and Development, and Steve O’Keefe, director of recruitment and retention for JALC. Mathis is a May graduate of SIU’s on-campus WED program and will begin working on her WED master’s degree at SIU this fall. (Photo by Russell Bailey)

July 24, 2017
SIU to offer workforce development degree at John A. Logan
by Christi Mathis
CARBONDALE, Ill. – For the first time ever, people in the Southern Illinois region will be able to complete a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale at John A. Logan College in Carterville.
This fall, SIU is introducing an off-campus bachelor’s degree completion program in workforce education and development at John A. Logan College. The program, with specialization in organizational training and development, is geared toward adult learners who typically have completed some college classes or an associate’s degree and who have professional work experience and occupational training.
Through a combination of online and accelerated weekend classroom courses, participants can complete their baccalaureate degree in as little as one year, depending on their previous education and work experience.
“Our students enter the program with life experience, professional work experience and occupational or military training,” says Deborah Barnett, director of off-campus degree programs for the Department of Workforce Education and Development at SIU’s College of Education and Human Services. “We value this experience by evaluating it for college credit, and by incorporating it in the classroom through assignments, projects and real-world application,”
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