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- ACTA: An Opportunity for
Students
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- The Arkansas Consortium for Teaching Agriculture
(ACTA) is a partnership of 10 community colleges and three University
of Arkansas System four-year institutions that offer degrees
in agricultural, food and life sciences. The goal of this alliance
is to accommodate a seamless transfer of credits for students
at the two-year colleges who elect to pursue a baccalaureate
degree at the four-year institutions.
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- Many community colleges across Arkansas
teach courses in agriculture, natural resources and life sciences.
ACTA seeks to team the expertise at these institutions with that
of the UA programs. ACTA has dedicated itself to taking advantage
of distance technologies to bring more educational opportunities
to students around the state.
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- The use of compressed video to telecast
classes around the state and the use of web-based courses can
bring ACTA's courses to students who would otherwise be unable
to pursue those academic offerings. ACTA institutions have begun
offering courses using these technologies and are developing
more for future availability.
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