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Wayne State Announces Agreement Bringing Programs To Schoolcraft College

LIVONIA, MI (WWJ) -- Schoolcraft College and Wayne State University have announced an agreement to offer a variety of Wayne State University programs to western Wayne County residents on Schoolcraft College's main campus in Livonia.

The agreement will allow for students who transfer to a WSU program at any of the university's campuses, including the main campus in Detroit or the SCtoU facility at Schoolcraft, before completing their associate degree requirements at Schoolcraft the opportunity to use WSU credits to complete an associate degree while continuing to pursue a bachelor's or higher degree.

Schoolcraft and WSU said that the agreement will help the schools "enter a whole new era of efficiency and quality education opportunities for students with the Schoolcraft to U partnership."

"As of this week, there are nearly 100 students who have enrolled in the WSU Schoolcraft to U programs being offered at Schoolcraft," Dr. Conway A. Jeffress, president of Schoolcraft College said.

Beginning this Fall semester, WSU will be offering the following programs through the Schoolcraft to U Partnership -- Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting or Management; Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Technology, Electric Transportation Technology, Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology, Electromechanical Engineering Technology or Mechanical Engineering Technology; and Masters in Business Administration.

"Throughout the past decade WSU has consistently been one of the top five colleges to which Schoolcraft students choose to transfer and continue their education," Dr. Jeffress said.

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