Jay Neal on Moment
Jay Neal, associate vice president, academic affairs and chief operating officer for at Katy and at Sugar Land, was featured on . He spoke about the new program offerings at our instructional sites.
Video transcript
Narrator: Telling the stories of the 91破解版. This is a Moment.
Greg Ortiz: The 91破解版 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 at Katy and at Sugar Land, says the programs are the next step in making a 4 year degree from more accessible to the region.
Jay Neal: It’s 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 at Katy.
Jay Neal: That’s gonna just produce an exceptional engineer for the greater region.
Greg Ortiz: And for the first time ever, classes will be offered at at Sugar Land, allowing students to complete the first three years of a bachelors in Business Administration there, with the final year at .
Jay Neal: We’re responding to the business community’s needs. We could offer all kinds of different degrees, but if there’s not jobs—good jobs—at the end of the road we’re not setting our students up for success.
Greg Ortiz: For moment, I’m Greg Ortiz.
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