WEST PLAINS, Mo. – It’s not too late for working adults in the area to enroll in Missouri State University-West Plains’ new Great Opportunities for Adult Learners (GOAL) Program.

They have until Aug. 1 to sign up for this pilot program, designed to help working adults earn the Associate of Arts in General Studies degree – the university’s transfer degree – in two years by attending classes just one night a week, university officials said.

Students attend four-hour-long classes beginning at 6 p.m. one day each week.  The classes will be organized around a cohort model, compressed to five to six weeks in length, and be presented sequentially to best meet associate degree requirements, officials said.

The program’s first cohort will beginning Aug. 29 at three convenient locations in Missouri State-West Plains’ seven-county primary service area:  the West Plains campus, the Missouri State-West Plains campus in Mountain Grove and at Summersville High School.  Additional cohorts are slated to begin in January 2012 and May 2012.  Each cohort of classes will run for approximately 25 months.

Prospective students should be adults who have a high school diploma or equivalent before enrolling.  Financial aid and/or scholarship funds offered through Missouri State-West Plains can be applied to this program.  For more information about financial aid options, call the financial aid office at 417-255-7243.

For more information about the GOAL program and how to enroll, contact the academic affairs office at 417-255-7272 or the registration and records office at 417-255-7979.

For more information about Missouri State-West Plains, visit the website at http://wp.missouristate.edu.