{"id":8270,"date":"2012-07-13T14:09:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T00:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=8270"},"modified":"2021-03-25T08:38:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T18:38:20","slug":"students-encouraged-to-take-15-to-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/07\/13\/students-encouraged-to-take-15-to-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Students encouraged to take 15 to Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Through the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Graduation Initiative, UH<\/abbr> System students are encouraged to take 15 credits per semester to graduate on time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> System<\/a> encourages full-time students at any of its two- or four-year campuses to take 15 credits per semester to graduate on time.<\/p>\n

It’s all part of the university’s Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Graduation Initiative<\/a>, which aims to increase the number of college graduates by 25 percent by the year 2015.<\/p>\n

To achieve this goal, UH<\/abbr> hopes to encourage students to graduate on time, save tuition money and start their careers as quickly as possible simply by registering for more credits per semester.<\/p>\n

“A student who takes only 12 credits per semester at a UH<\/abbr> campus is technically a ‘full-time’ student,” explains Linda Johnsrud<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. “That student, however, will not earn a two-year degree in two years or a four-year degree in four years. Plus the four-year degree may cost as much as $12,000 more because the student isn\u2019t taking advantage of the tuition cap.”<\/p>\n

Many UH<\/abbr> System students have or will be receiving information on the benefits of enrolling in more classes as part of their registration or new-student orientation materials. UH<\/abbr> students are able to add classes right up until the first day of classes on August 20.<\/p>\n

Read the news release<\/a> or visit the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Graduation Initiative website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Full-time students at all 10 UH<\/abbr> campuses are encouraged to take 15 credits per semester to graduate on time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[61,340,62,63,64,65,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-8270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-hawaii-graduation-initiative","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t