Jordan Cornell Lantern Staff This year Butler Community College made some changes to their tuition price for students. In-county students of Butler County saw a $2 decrease in tuition costs per credit hour this semester while out of county students’ tuition costs increased $4 per credit hour. This change went into effect for the 2019-2020… Continue reading Students see changes to tuition
Rachel McClurg Editor-in-Chief Transferring to a four year university can be a little nerve racking when taking into account the fact that some classes taken at a community college might not transfer. As a result, Butler and Wichita State have decided to team up to help students avoid that. “The overall goal of the articulation… Continue reading Articulation agreements provide efficient transfer for students
Emmie Boese Lantern Staff Administration mandated a new format for faculty’s door schedule before the spring semester. Although the policy for the number of hours required for faculty has not changed, faculty this semester are required to use an Excel spreadsheet when creating their door schedule. Lori Winningham, vice president of Academic Affairs, feels this… Continue reading Admin mandate change to door schedule
Matthew Will Managing Editor Shortly after the school year began, Butler Community College announced a new agreement involving Wichita State University’s Frank Barton School of Business. The agreement lays out the required courses needed for a bachelor’s degree in business administration. On Friday, Aug. 4, the two insitutions met at Butler’s Andover campus to finalize… Continue reading Business administration major reaches transfer agreement with WSU
Amanda Smith Lantern Staff Most would agree that college should ideally be as inexpensive and easy as possible. With Butler’s new Pathways curriculum, this will be made reachable for all freshmen enrolled in the Fall 2018 semester and those semesters following if the system works according to plan. According to Vice President of Academics Lori… Continue reading Butler implements program to guide students
Caelin Bragg Lantern Staff Butler has been working on making it smoother for students to get their degrees which will cost them less time and money. Starting in the fall 2018 semester, incoming students will be placed in the new degree system, Pathways, which plans out what classes students need to take each semester to… Continue reading New degrees guide students towards timelier graduations
