Piedmont College Vice President of Academic Affairs Daniel Silber (right), signs a transfer agreement as Lanier Technical College President Ray Perren (center), and Piedmont College’s School of Education Dean RD Nordgren look on. (photo provided by Lanier Technical College)
Piedmont College and Lanier Technical College have signed an agreement that will help students who pursue four-year degrees in education.
Under the agreement, Lanier Tech students who graduate with an Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Care and Education can now transfer their college credits toward a bachelor’s degree at Piedmont.
Representatives from the two colleges signed the agreement on December 18.
“Piedmont is very excited to partner with Lanier Tech to provide students a viable path to completing a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education so they can fulfill their dreams of becoming elementary school teachers,” Vice President for Academic Affairs at Piedmont Daniel K. Silber. “We look forward to welcoming Lanier Tech graduates at Piedmont and to pursuing articulation agreements with Lanier Tech in other program areas in the near future.”
The partnership between Lanier Tech and Piedmont will provide opportunities that increase the accessibility of higher education throughout the area. Piedmont has offered upper level courses in Early Elementary Education for several years.
“We are thrilled to enter into his agreement with Piedmont and are excited for the opportunities it brings our graduates,” said Lanier Technical College President Ray Perren. “We hope that this is the first of many articulation agreements we will sign with Piedmont.”
