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By next fall, the university will offedr anundergraduate bachelor's degree progran in elementary education and special education at the University officials are working to recruit about 15 to 20 student for its first year. Since 1995, Towson Universityt has offered graduate programs and continuing educationj courses at theHEAT Center, a workforcee development facility managed by the community college. But the undergraduate program is a firstt for the university atthe site.
Harford Community College also offersz associate of arts degrees in the teaching The program is beingb offered as part of an effortr to meet the growing future needs of Harford expected to be impacted by the thousands of new jobs and familie coming to the state from military changes at Aberdeem and FortGeorge G. Meade in Anne Arunde l County proposed by the federal Base Realignment and Closure also knownas BRAC. Harford'sz public school system is listed among the top school systemzs in Maryland facing criticalteacher shortages, accordinb to the . Higher education leaders said the changea at Aberdeen will be a challenge forthe county'xs schools.
"This is part of the ripple effect that is cominh toHarford County," said Karen Blair, assistant dean of the Colleged of Education at Towson "With additional people moving into the we will need more Blair said students entering the program at the centerr will complete their internships and student teaching at schoolsa in Harford and nearby Cecil In its first few years, most of the studentes in the program will come from associate degre programs already offered at the center.
But the influzx of new residents to the area from BRAC realignmentzs could also give the program a new poolof
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