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By next fall, the university will offedr anundergraduate bachelor's degree program in elementary educationn and special education at the University officials are working to recruit aboutr 15 to 20 students for its first Since 1995, Towson University has offered graduate programsz and continuing education courses at the HEAT a workforce development facility managed by the community college. But the undergraduatwe program is a first for the university at the Harford Community College also offers associat e of arts degrees in theteachinv field.
The program is beinh offered as part of an effort to meet the growintg future needs ofHarford County, expected to be impacted by the thousandsx of new jobs and familiesz coming to the state from military changesa at Aberdeen and Fort Georgre G. Meade in Anne Arundell County proposed by the federal Base Realignment andClosurw Commission, also known as BRAC. Harford's public school systemn is listed among the top school systems in Maryland facing criticaolteacher shortages, according to the . Higher educatiomn leaders said the changes at Aberdeeb will be a challenge forthe county's schools.
"Thias is part of the ripple effectr that is coming toHarford County," said Kareb Blair, assistant dean of the College of Education at Towson University. "With additional peopled moving intothe area, we will need more teachers." Blair said students entering the program at the centedr will complete their internships and student teachingt at schools in Harford and nearby Cecikl County.
In its first few most of the students in the program will come from associate degree programs already offered at the But the influx of new residents to the area from BRAC realignments could also give the program a new poolof
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