Business Administration (AS)
Business Administration (BBA)
(Accounting, Finance, Management, Marketing, or
Operations/Information Management)
About
Learning 1st (L1st) is a collaborative partnership among four nationally recognized, regionally-accredited online institutions. The partnership consists of Pennsylvania State University (Penn State World Campus), Troy University (Troy), the University of Illinois-Springfield (UIS), the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (UMass-Amherst), and Coastline Community College (CCC). Students will select a specific educational pathway that leads to both an associate (AA) and baccalaureate (BA or BS) degree. Each student will be assigned an advisor from both CCC and the partner university in order to ensure that the student is provided with continuous advisement and guidance toward meeting the associate and baccalaureate degree requirements of both institutions. This collaborative student-centric approach among institutions substantially benefits the student. Additionally, students will enjoy a four-year tuition rate freeze, or tuition reduction, at the time of program admission and receive access to both institution's online student support services, resources, and libraries throughout their course of study, and the fee structure employed by CCC is consistent with the tuition rates charged by all California Community Colleges. The goals of the L1st program are to increase access to affordable online higher education, reduce the time to degree completion through program articulation and collaboration among partners in support and instructional services, and increase the number of students reaching degree completion.
The L1st program has been funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, guided by the belief that every life has equal value, they work to help all people lead healthy, productive lives and seek to ensure that all people, especially those with the fewest resources, have access to the opportunities needed to succeed.
The League for Innovation in the Community College helped lead this important initiative.
Mission
Learning 1st is a collaborative effort involving the League for Innovation in the Community College, Coastline Community College, Pennsylvania State University, Troy University, the University of Illinois-Springfield, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, that is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Learning 1st promotes unique, sustainable, online degree completion models that decrease the amount of time and associated costs required for students to earn a bachelor's degree from a prominent four-year university.
This consortium is committed to increasing the capacity of community colleges to provide online baccalaureate degree completion pathways for low-income and working adults.
Guided Pathways
An integrated, institution-wide approach to student success based on intentionally designed, clear, coherent and structured educational experience, informed by available evidence, that guide each student effectively and efficiently from her/his point of entry through the attainment of high quality postsecondary credentials and careers with value in the labor market.