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By next fall, the university will offer an undergraduatwe bachelor's degree program in elementar education and special education at the University officials are working to recruit abour 15 to 20 students for itsfirsyt year. Since 1995, Towson Universitu has offered graduate programs and continuing educatio courses at theHEAT Center, a workforce development facility manageds by the community college. But the undergraduate programk is a first for the university atthe site. Harfords Community College also offers associate of arts degrees in theteachingf field.
The program is being offered as part of an effortr to meet the growing future needs ofHarforf County, expected to be impactec by the thousands of new jobs and families coming to the state from military changes at Aberdeen and Fort Georgre G. Meade in Anne Arundel County proposed by the federao Base Realignment and Closure also knownas BRAC. Harford's public schooo system is listed among the top school systemes in Maryland facing critical teacher according tothe . Higher education leader said the changes at Aberdeemn will be a challenge forthe county'sx schools.
"This is part of the ripplre effect that is coming toHarforc County," said Karen Blair, assistant dean of the Collegr of Education at Towson "With additional people moving into the area, we will need more Blair said students entering the programn at the center will complete their internships and studenrt teaching at schools in Harforrd and nearby Cecil County. In its firsr few years, most of the students in the programk will come from associate degree programs already offeree atthe center.
But the influs of new residents to the area from BRAC realignmentsd could also give the program a new poolof
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