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College may expand reach with satellite in Summit; spokeswoman says setting up campus to take time
By Carol Biliczky
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Saturday, Sep 27, 2008
Stark State College may begin providing college courses in Barberton.
Eric Fingerhut, chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, has given permission for the two-year technical college to go beyond its service area and provide courses in the southwestern Summit County city.
The state office that supervises higher education wants college courses to be offered in the best way possible, not necessarily based on service areas that were designed in the past, regents spokesman Michael Chaney said.
The move would make it possible for adult learners in the Barberton area to earn college credits in what is virtually their backyard.
''This would be historic,'' said Barberton Mayor Bob Genet. ''Once this gets up and running, it won't be just for Barberton residents. It'll be for people throughout the area.''
The Barberton school board formally approved a resolution seeking the expansion of Stark State's service area at a meeting Monday.
''What we've been working hard to become is a school district of choice in this region. This agreement with Stark State falls right in line with this,'' said school board president Deanne McQuaide.
Stark State spokeswoman Irene Lewis Motts said the college would work with the Board of Regents to provide courses, but she was not aware of anything immediately in the works. She cautioned that the process of setting up a satellite campus is a long one.
''There's a lot to go into this before it happens,'' she said.
Barberton city and school officials would like Stark State to begin offering courses next fall. The University of Akron offers distance learning to high school students and had considered offering courses including English, botany and Mandarin Chinese but is not doing so, McQuaide said.
Genet said a survey found most Barberton business leaders and residents were interested in technical courses that would allow them to get a two-year degree or certification relatively quickly at a modest price.
Most of the programs of interest to respondents were offered at Stark State, one of the most rapidly growing two-year colleges in the country.
The technical college in Jackson Township in Stark County offers programs in accounting technology, automotive technology, computer programming and more at a cost of $127 per credit hour, regardless of whether the student is full time or part time.
In contrast full-time students at UA's Summit College, which also offers two-year degrees and certifications, pay $288 per credit hour.
''Money is an issue. It's very compelling,'' said Tom Harnden, executive director of the Barberton Community Foundation, which has been working with school officials to get a Stark State satellite.
At least initially, the Stark State courses could be offered at an existing site, possibly the high school. The long-range goal would be to get a bricks-and-mortar facility, although Fingerhut, the head of the regents, has not encouraged that, Harnden said.
In addition to its main campus, Stark State offers satellite classes in Alliance, downtown Canton, Navarre, Massillon and Uniontown in Stark County and in Carrollton in Carroll County.
Carol Biliczky can be reached at 330-996-3729 or cbiliczky@thebeaconjournal.com.
Stark State College may begin providing college courses in Barberton.
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