BCCC Announces New Partnership With Tech Schools, Bloomsburg University

Bucks County Community College this week announced a new partnership program to make it easier for career and technical high school students to get on the fast track to a bachelor’s degree.

The Technical Entrepreneurship Degree Program allows students at Bucks County Technical High School in Bristol, Middle Bucks Institute of Technology in Jamison and Upper Bucks County Technical School in Perkasie to earn up to 29 college credits from BCCC while in high school. They can then earn a 60-credit associate degree in technical entrepreneurship in a year at BCCC.

Students are then guaranteed admission to Bloomsburg University to finish the final two years of a Bachelor of Applied Science in Technical Leadership.

The program is designed to parlay technical skills into management training to better prepare future business leaders, according to Marlene Barlow, director of admissions.

“This program recognizes the value of the marketable skills learned at career and technical high schools, and complements them with the critical thinking and broad-based learning of a degree program,” said Barlow.

The agreements were signed Tuesday.

To learn more about the Technical Entrepreneurship Degree Program, high school students at the three career and technical schools in Bucks County should contact their counselor.