Alcorn State lowers credit-hour requirements
LORMAN, Miss. (AP) – College is said to be some of the best four years of students’ lives, and Alcorn State University is hoping to keep it to four years by lowering the credithour requirements for undergraduates.
The Natchez Democrat reports students can graduate by completing 120 credit hours instead of 124 starting in the 2016-2017 school year.
Alcorn President Alfred Rankins Jr. says schools nationwide are lowering the number to 120. He says Alcorn is doing the same, with the goal of minimizing student debt and increasing retention.
Lower hour requirements for a degree means students have to take fewer classes. The move is the second step in Alcorn’s enrollment management plan to increase access, affordability and retention. The first step was when the college eliminated outofstate tuition in the fall 2015.
