The future of two-year education in your community

What do a single mother of two, an unemployed construction worker and a medical office employee have in common? They are all real-life examples of the students seeking a brighter future for themselves and their families through Gallatin College Programs, your local two-year college.

The Bozeman Daily, Chronicle recently reported on the work of the College!Now Initiative to enhance two-year education across the state. Some of those enhancements can be seen right here, at Montana State University’s Gallatin College Programs. It has been 18 months since MSU received authorization from the Montana Board of Regents to provide two-year education programs, including associate degrees. And in that time, we’ve received regent’s approval for two, new, one-year workforce certificate programs: medical assistant and bookkeeping. These programs started in August 2011.

Bob Hietala, Guest Columnist

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