{"id":68018,"date":"2017-10-09T09:24:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T19:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=68018"},"modified":"2019-03-12T15:54:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T01:54:07","slug":"honolulu-cc-evening-degree-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/09\/honolulu-cc-evening-degree-program\/","title":{"rendered":"New Honolulu <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> evening degree program designed for working adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/honolulu-campus-gnrc.jpg\" alt=\"Honolulu CC campus\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-68034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/honolulu-campus-gnrc.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/honolulu-campus-gnrc-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/\">Honolulu Community College<\/a> has created a new evening degree program for students who work or have daytime commitments. Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/executiveaa\">Executive <abbr title=\"Associate of Arts\">A.A.<\/abbr> program<\/a> by attending an informational session on Thursday, October 26, 5:30 p.m.&#8212;6:30 p.m. at the Hale <span aria-label=\"Aina\">&#699;Aina<\/span> Cafeteria.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/executiveaa\">Executive <abbr title=\"Associate of Arts\">A.A.<\/abbr> information session sign up<\/a><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<p>During the informational session interested individuals will be taken through the admissions process, learn more about the program of classes, and understand the variety of campus resources available to them.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive A.A. is an affordable alternative for people who are considering college for the first time, or have some college experience and want to complete their degree.\u00a0College graduates, on average, earned 56 percent more than high school grads in 2015, according to data compiled by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). That was up from 51 percent in 1999 and is the largest such gap in <abbr>EPI<\/abbr>&#8217;s figures dating to 1973.<\/p>\n<p>With classes offered in the evening and online this program is an alternative to the traditional day-time class schedule. The smaller cohort environment will provide the learner with the support services that will help them accomplish their academic goals.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Taking the first step is the hardest, but it&#8217;s a worthwhile investment that will greatly impact your future for the better,&rdquo; shares <strong>Jennifer Higa-King<\/strong>, interim dean of University College at Honolulu <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Executive <abbr title=\"Associate of Arts\">A.A.<\/abbr> is an affordable alternative for people who are considering college for the first time, or have some college experience and want to complete their degree. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[62],"class_list":["post-68018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-honolulu-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68018"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92515,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68018\/revisions\/92515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}