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SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — Changes to the accreditation standards for Sheridan College could put the school's concurrent enrollment courses at local high schools at risk.
The Sheridan Press reports (http://bit.ly/1nnImpM ) that the Higher Learning Commission, which accredits Wyoming and 18 other states, updated its standards in June to make requirements for instructors tougher. The charges are set to take effect by September.
The concurrent enrollment courses are college-level classes taught at high schools by high school teachers. The teachers are hired as adjunct faculty at the college.
College President Paul Young said Monday that the new requirement that all faculty teaching courses at a community college must have a master's degree and 18 graduate-level credit hours in the subject area they teach may mean not all high school teachers are qualified.
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