Albany State University moving forward with Go Back, Move Ahead. initiative
Staff Reports
ALBANY — Recently, Gov. Nathan Deal, University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby and Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Ron Jackson announced Georgia’s Go Back. Move Ahead. campaign. This initiative will provide many Georgians without a college degree the opportunity to attend Albany State University via an easier and more flexible process.
“For Georgia to remain economically competitive, we must have an educated work force, and focusing on college completion is one way we intend to do that,” Deal said. “Go Back. Move Ahead. provides resources for prospective students and makes it easy for any Georgian who has started college to go back to school and earn a degree or certificate.”
The Go Back. Move Ahead. campaign will offer Georgians a simpler enrollment process, more flexible ways to transfer earned college credits, additional course schedule options and a personal academic advisor.
Options for returning to college in Georgia include enrolling on campus, taking classes at a satellite location or using the online options available at many of Georgia’s public institutions.
“This program is an excellent opportunity for the citizens of Georgia to attain post-secondary education as part-time or full-time students without out-of-pocket cost,” said ASU Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Abiodun Ojemakinde. “Albany State is proud to be a part of this progressive program as a means of increasing the population of Southwest Georgia with college-level education and enhancing the economic development of our region in the long term.”
It is projected that by 2020, more than 60 percent of jobs in Georgia will require a college certificate or degree. Presently, however, just 42 percent of the state’s young adults have earned a college credential — creating a need for an additional 250,000 graduates.
For more information about Complete College Georgia and the Go Back. Move Ahead. campaign, visit www.gobackmoveahead.org or contact the Albany State University Office of Admissions at 229-430-4646.
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