An Innovative Baccalaureate Degree

Abstract

The bachelor of applied arts and sciences (BAAS) degree is a baccalaureate program designed to meet the needs of nontraditional students by allowing technical hours to be transferred for credit to a baccalaureate degree. To determine if the university was positively serving the needs of its constituents, salaries of BAAS graduates were compared to salaries of graduates of the academic bachelor of business administration from 1995 to 2000. No statistical difference was found.

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“…The other transfer policy that assist student in the transfer of career and technical education degrees is applied baccalaureate. The AB was developed primarily to solve the difficulties in transferring applied associate degree from community college to a baccalaureate serving institutions (Arney et al, 2006).…”

“…The increased importance placed on workforce development, baccalaureate degree attainment, and student transfer prioritized at the state and institutional levels has impacted the development and growth of AB degrees. The AB degree was developed primarily to solve the difficulties in transferring applied associate degrees from a community college to a university (Arney et al, 2006;Townsend et al, 2009;Walker & Floyd, 2005).…”

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