Memorial University's senate recently approved the transfer agreement, known as a "3+1" articulation agreement.
The agreement reiterates the importance of partnerships between post-secondary institutions in Newfoundland and Labrador, Mary Bluechardt, Grenfell’s vice-president, said in a press release announcing the agreement.
“We work closely with College of the North Atlantic to serve the post-secondary education population of the province,” she said in a prepared statement. “That relationship is now further solidified in this new articulation agreement that will reach out globally to CNA's international business students.”
Ann Marie Vaughan, College of the North Atlantic’s president and chief executive officer, said in the same release the college is delighted its business students have this option to continue climbing the educational ladder.
“Our Grenfell colleagues in the business program have been great partners in this process that will have tremendous benefit for our students,” Vaughan said.
The agreement builds on the successful 2+2 arrangement between Grenfell and the college. In September 2013, Grenfell began accepting graduates from College of the North Atlantic's two-year business programs directly into its bachelor of business administration and an opportunity to earn that degree in two more years of study.
There has been significant enrolment of students under the 2+2 agreement, according to Jacqueline Walsh, chair of Grenfell's business program.
“Thus far, the experience has been positive for both students and faculty,” she said in the news release. “It was a natural progression to move toward an additional 3+1 agreement.”
The agreement:
- The resulting program, devised by the business faculty at Grenfell, is a 15-course program that will qualify eligible College of the North Atlantic graduates for an undergraduate degree in business administration either full-time over a 12-month period, or part-time over an extended period.
- Currently, the three-year program is offered at College of the North Atlantic's Prince Philip Drive and Grand Falls-Windsor campuses, as well as College of the North Atlantic-Qatar and through partnering institutions in China.
Source: Grenfell Campus, Memorial University
