WEST PLAINS, Mo. – Area residents who sign up for Missouri State University-West Plains’ new Great Opportunities for Adult Learners (GOAL) Program will not have to pay for their textbooks for the first year of the program, university officials announced today.
“Missouri State-West Plains will be covering the cost of the books for the first year of the GOAL Program in order to assist students who sign up at the beginning of this new program,” said Dr. Christopher Dyer, dean of academic affairs.
In addition, the enrollment deadline has been extended until Monday, Aug. 15, he added.
The GOAL Program is 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 begin 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.