Colleges offer students 3-year programs
Some colleges are offering students a quicker march to graduation. Photo: Newsweek.
Some forward-looking colleges, responding to a a range of issues from the down economy to the high cost of attending university, are offering students the option of graduating within three years, according to an article by Tennessee Senatory Lamar Alexander. “Whether they experiment with three-year degrees, offer year-round classes, challenge the hidebound tenure system—or all of the above—universities are, like the automakers, slowly realizing that to stay competitive and relevant they must adapt to a rapidly changing world,” Alexander wrote.
He focused on Hartwick college, a small liberal-arts school in upstate New York, that offers students the option of earning their degree in three years instead of four and save about $43,000, the cost of one years tuition and fees at the school. “A number of innovative colleges are making the same offer to students anxious about saving time and money. The three-year degree could become the higher-education equivalent of the fuel-efficient car,” he wrote.
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