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Ivy Tech revs up for new auto program

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Ivy Tech Community College is revving up for a new automotive program that officials say will increase graduation rates and reduce the time it takes students to earn a certificate.
 
The college is spending nearly $500,000 to create an Automotive Institute in Kokomo after piloting the program on other campuses.
 
The Kokomo Tribune reports the institute will feature a yearlong program that keeps students in class six to eight hours a day, five days a week.
 
Students will earn certificates in a year, down from the two years currently required to get the same certificate.
 
Classes will begin in October and will have 20 students.
 
Automotive technology program chairman Mike Emy says students will still receive general education lessons but that those will be incorporated into workplace lessons.
 
Information from: Kokomo Tribune

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