Salina Tech
Thanks to a pair of agreements Salina Area Technical College has signed with Kansas Wesleyan University and Bethany College, it will be easier than ever for Salina Tech students to take classes at the other two colleges.
While Salina Tech students have always been able to take classes at other colleges, these new agreements streamline the process, said Salina Tech President Greg Nichols. Students will no longer have to apply for admission to the other colleges, he said, and tuition will be billed to the student’s home college, where it will be added to their existing bill – so they don’t have to deal with two sets of payments.
Nichols said discussion of creating these agreements started about two years ago as a benefit to students who are interested in taking classes their home college doesn’t offer.
“Our general education offerings are growing, but we don’t have all the options a four-year liberal arts college can offer,” Nichols said. “If one of our students wants to take, for example, an art or music class, that’s now an option.”
The agreement with Bethany was signed on Aug. 15, and the agreement with Kansas Wesleyan was signed Monday. Both were effective immediately.
Nichols said a similar agreement with Kansas State University’s Salina campus is in the works.