The Salt Lake Tribune has reported that Southern Utah University has been investigating a three-year bachelor’s degree program.
In the face of rising costs, incomplete degrees and increasing numbers of students who take longer to complete their degree, it is important that our public colleges search for ways to improve student success. Delayed degrees cost students by increasing the number of enrolled semesters, slowing their entry into the professional workforce and delaying student savings for other events.
However, while a three-year program is one potential solution, we have to remember there will be trade-offs that will need to be managed.