Williams Baptist College in Walnut Ridge announced Friday that the Higher Learning Commission has approved its new master of arts in teaching degree.
The program will be completely online; enrollment begins in March and classes are set to start in May. It is open to those who have received a bachelor’s degree and taken the necessary education licensure exams.
Brad Baine, the college’s academic dean, said in a news release, “An individual that meets the criteria of admission into the Williams MAT program and has completed the Arkansas Department of Education requirements for a provisional teaching license becomes immediately eligible to be hired in a school district.”
RoseMary Weaver, dean of graduate and online programs at WBC, is heading the new program. She said in the release that the program will be flexible to accommodate students schedule and “quality is the standard.”
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