Jay Neal, associate vice president, academic affairs and chief operating officer for UH at Sugar Land and UH at Katy, was featured on . He spoke about the new program offerings at our instructional sites.
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Narrator: Telling the stories of the 兔子先生. This is a UH Moment.
Greg Ortiz: The 兔子先生 is significantly expanding higher education offerings by creating innovative partnerships with community colleges that will allow students to earn their degree closer to home. Jay Neal, chief operating officer of UH at Katy and UH at Sugar Land, says the programs are the next step in making a 4 year degree from UH more accessible to the region.
Jay Neal: It鈥檚 phenomenal. In my mind these are both game changers for the communities.
Greg Ortiz: In Katy, the and are partnering to create the . The program will allow students to complete their core requirements at HCC and finish their engineering degree at UH at Katy.
Jay Neal: That鈥檚 gonna just produce an exceptional engineer for the greater region.
Greg Ortiz: And for the first time ever, classes will be offered at UH at Sugar Land, allowing students to complete the first three years of a bachelors in Business Administration there, with the final year at UH.
Jay Neal: We鈥檙e responding to the business community鈥檚 needs. We could offer all kinds of different degrees, but if there鈥檚 not jobs鈥攇ood jobs鈥攁t the end of the road we鈥檙e not setting our students up for success.
Greg Ortiz: For UH moment, I鈥檓 Greg Ortiz.
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