Ivy Tech Community College News Release
Ivy Tech education degree to transfer to IU Kokomo
KOKOMO, Ind.—Ivy Tech Community College recently reached an agreement with Indiana University Kokomo that will ensure that its education degree will transfer to IU Kokomo. The new program-to-program transfer option will enable students with an associate degree from Ivy Tech in education to transfer to IU Kokomo as a junior, allowing them to earn a bachelor’s degree in education.
Dr. Pamela J. Lewis, vice chancellor of academic affairs for Ivy Tech’s Kokomo Region, is excited about the new agreement.
"This transfer agreement will allow students in our region to remain in their home communities to earn both their associate and bachelor’s degrees in education. It is a great opportunity for both Ivy Tech and IU Kokomo to create greater access for students to an education degree and represents a good educational partnership for the two institutions."
The agreement spans all three levels of education: early childhood, elementary, and secondary. For each of the three Bachelor of Science degrees IU Kokomo offers in education, Ivy Tech will offer a respectively focused Associate of Science degree in education. The articulation is consistent with the Commission for Higher Education’s State Policy on Associate Degree Programs Offered at Public Institutions in Indiana and builds yet another bridge between Ivy Tech Community College and Indiana University. In May, both schools announced an agreement that will eliminate duplicate programs and will make Ivy Tech the state’s primary provider of two-year associate degree programs.
For more information about the education transfer agreement between Ivy Tech Community College and IU Kokomo, contact Connie Morgan, chair of the School of Education, (800) 459-0561, ext. 427.
Ivy Tech Community College has the most affordable college fees in Indiana. Fees for an Indiana resident for the 2008–09 academic year are $95 per credit hour, typically half the cost of other Indiana colleges or universities.
Ivy Tech is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. With 23 campuses across the state and classes offered in 75 communities, Ivy Tech is close to home for all Hoosiers. Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region serves Cass, Fulton, Howard, Miami, Tipton and Wabash counties and includes campuses in the communities of Kokomo, Logansport, Peru and Wabash. To learn more about Ivy Tech, visit www.ivytech.edu.