Business View Magazine May 2023

196 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 5 an Associate’s Degree, which is the equivalent of two years of college completed at graduation. “Let’s say you’re going to be a teacher, and you do two years of college with us (at Hobart University) through our early college accreditation partner Ivy Tech,” Buffington explains. “If you do those two years, that is the curriculum, that is the blueprint, and then we have something called TSAP here in this state, which is the transfer of those credits, and then students only have two years of college left to complete a bachelor’s degree in education and start teaching.” Ivy Tech equips Hobart University students with a college connection coach that assists the district’s early college team by coming to the high school to help guide students, register them in suitable classes, and ensures they are on the right path. If there is a course a student needs to complete their credential that isn’t offered at Hobart